This course facilitates the registered nurse’s development of systems to manage the health deviations of the individual therapeutically. Concepts of health promotion, disease prevention, disease progression, and treatment are approached from a cellular and multisystem perspective. Influences of genetic, ethnic, and cultural variables on human diseases are analyzed. Content aims at stimulating critical thinking for application to nursing practice in a variety of clinical settings.
Grade Basis: L
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0