PNN 155 - Health Concepts I

Credit(s) 8.00
Lecture Hours: 6.00
Lab Hours: 3.00
Clinical Hours: 1.50
This course introduces the concepts within the three domains of the healthcare recipient, health and illness, and professional nursing in healthcare. Emphasis is placed on the concepts within each domain including culture, spirituality, self-management, fluid and electrolytes, acid base, sleep, glucose regulation, nutrition, elimination, perfusion, gas exchange, clotting, immunity, inflammation, infection, mobility, tissue integrity, pain, fatigue, clinical judgement, ethics, patient education, health promotion, communication, collaboration, safety, technology and informatics, evidence, health care quality, and caregiving. Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in this course. This course replaces PNN 165 and PNN 166.

Corequisite(s): ADN 220, BIO 168, PSY 111, and HSC 113
Recommended and Non-Course Requisites:

75 hour state approved Certified Nurse Aide Curriculum

Active on the Iowa Direct Worker Registry

Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation Healthcare Provider Level with skill