Jul 04, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

NRSE 2122 - Nursing Health Assessment Across the Lifespan


Students learn knowledge and skills necessary for nursing assessment of individuals across the lifespan. Students integrate communication, interviewing, and physical assessment techniques to conduct and document comprehensive nursing assessments across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on well clients, with the identification and prioritization of some deviations from normal upon which to base nursing diagnosis.

Requisites: NRSE 1102
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to apply knowledge from prior coursework to evidence-based clinical reasoning and clinical judgment to deliver person-centered care across the lifespan.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate behaviors that contribute to a culture of client, provider, and work environment safety.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate, apply, and use professionalism and effective communication strategies.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate effective functioning as an interprofessional team member to optimize the health of individuals and families.
  • Students will be able to identify the impact of health disparities and social determinants of health on care outcomes for clients with health alterations.
  • Students will be able to describe the use of information and communication technology to deliver safe and cost-effective nursing care and support documentation of care to clients across the lifespan.
  • Students will be able to define the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care with regards to the care of clients across the lifespan.
  • Students will be able to identify principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion used in the care of clients across the lifespan.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate commitment to personal well-being and growth that enables professional practice and leadership.


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