Health Promotion and Wellness (NURS230)

(08/31/2020-12/11/2020)

Prerequisite Courses

Course Description Credits Course Type Code
BIOL101 Anatomy and Physiology I Credits: 3 Crs Type: UG
BIOL101L Anatomy and Physiology I Lab Credits: 1 Crs Type: UG
BIOL102 Anatomy and Physiology II Credits: 3 Crs Type: UG
BIOL102L Anatomy and Physiology II Lab Credits: 1 Crs Type: UG
BIOL225 Principles of Microbiology Credits: 3 Crs Type: UG
BIOL225L Principles of Microbiology Lab Credits: 1 Crs Type: UG
CHEM101 Principles of Chemistry Credits: 3 Crs Type: UG
ENGL101 English Composition I Credits: 3 Crs Type: UG
ENGL102 English Composition II Credits: 3 Crs Type: UG
MATH103 Survey of Mathematics Credits: 3 Crs Type: UG
NUTR122 Nutrition Credits: 3 Crs Type: UG
PSYC128 Developmental Psychology Credits: 3 Crs Type: UG
SOCI125 Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3 Crs Type: UG

Co-Requisite Courses

Course Description Credits Course Type Code
ENGL144 Medical Terminology 2 UG
NURS215 Introduction to Professional Nursing 2 UG
NURS225 Introduction to Health Assessment 4 UG
NURS225L Introduction to Health Assessment Lab 0 UG
NURS235 Principles of Pathophysiology 3 UG

Course Memo

This clinical course is designed to critically examine the determinants of health, wellness, and illness prevention for individuals and groups throughout the life span. The focus is on teaching and learning to promote wellness in community settings using the concepts from nursing, nutrition, biopsychosocial sciences, and Healthy People 2020. The course is three credits (2.2 credits of theory = 33 theory hours and 0.8 credits of clinical = 15 x 3 (3:1 ratio) = 45 x 0.8 = 36 clinical hours). The course is taught over the entire trimester. This course meets the requirement for an oral communication course (see the Academic Catalog for complete criteria).
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