NURS 4390 - Promoting the Health of Adults - Theory

5 credit hours
In this course you will gain a robust understanding of the physiological, psychosocial, and other factors that interact when adults experience complex alterations in health. The course is designed to present illness as a dynamic and profoundly social/physiological process and increase your understanding of the impact of illness within the context of family (nuclear and extended), community and healthcare system. The course will prepare you to see, through the patients’ eyes, how relationships are altered (and sometimes ended) by illness. Throughout the course you will take into account all of the above factors as you prepare a plan of care for adults experiencing complex changes in health status. Prerequisite Courses: NURS 3390, 3391, 3590, 3591. Co-requisite Course: NURS 4391.

Registration Restriction(s): Majors Only.