Basic Health Assessment - Fall 2008

The purpose of this course is to enhance the health/physical assessment skills of nurses who function in hospitals, long term care facilities, schools, community health and industrial settings. An organized and systematic approach to health assessment will enable participants to utilize interviewing techniques to obtain and record a comprehensive health history, and apply clinical skills of inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation to each body system. Participants will develop competence in identifying, describing, and recording normal findings. The thirty hours of instruction will include lecture, audio-visuals, demonstration, and supervised practice.

Course #: 0812
Dates: Saturdays
October 4, 18
November 1, 15, 2008
Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Place: Rutgers, The State University
Newark Campus
Fee: $495 (Includes extensive program materials but not equipment, textbook, or individualized practicum evaluation.)
Credits: 24 contact hours (Several graduate programs, including Rutgers College of Nursing, have approved the course as a prerequisite)
Faculty: Carol Fasano MA RN ANPC
Grace Frane MA RN ANPC
Adult Nurse Practitioners