Nursing of the Gerontological Client (N309)
(01/11/2016-05/06/2016)
Course Memo
The course involves a multi-disciplinary collaborative approach that will enable the student to understand the aging process. This didactic or online course focuses on the current status of the elderly, and their family relationships in contemporary society, developmental tasks of the elderly, attitudes and theories of aging. Content then progresses to aging changes and common health problems of the elderly that may require varying degrees of dependence on family and health care professionals. Components of the nursing process will be utilized to increase awareness of the unique responses of the elderly to threats to internal and external dimensions of well-being. This course includes a clinical component.
(Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Level I & II courses; N301, N307 completed or concurrently)
(Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Level II nursing courses or permission of instructor.)
Course Section Description
LECTURE COMPONENT first 8 weeks - CLINICAL COMPONENT second 8 weeks