This course introduces concepts and frameworks integral to advanced health assessment and diagnosis in nursing practice. It emphasizes comprehensive and focused health assessment, including history taking, physical assessment and diagnostic reasoning as well as laboratory and diagnostic test selection and interpretation for the adult client. It lays the foundations for clinical decision making from data collection to diagnostic plan of care. Total of 39 hours of field experience. PREREQ: NURS 2286 or equivalent. (lec 3) cr 3
