COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course focuses on common health problems affecting the adult (ages 19-64 years). It facilitates students' development of an evidence-based framework to inform nursing practice in caring for adults along the wellness-illness continuum. The course engages students' critical thinking in decision-making to deliver nursing care in various clinical settings. Emphasis is placed on the nursing process as central to patient-focused care. The ethical and legal frameworks will be integrated into the caring approach to care.
COURSE RATIONALE
Adults aged 19 - 64 years old are considered as
possessing the greatest potential for productivity in any society. This places a high premium on their need for
maintaining optimal health while placing them at greatest risk for health
interference. Additionally, predispositions to chronic and other illnesses are manifested during
adulthood. These realities require
health care interventions at primary, secondary and tertiary levels of
prevention that specifically target the developmental tasks of adulthood and
address adults' unique health care needs