NU 120 - Health Promotion: RN Transition for LPN/Medical Military Personnel

Credit Hours: 2.5

This course is designated to assist the LPN/Medical Military Personnel (MMP) entering the first semester of the associate degree RN program (in lieu ofNU116/117), to understand the foundation of health care practices based on the wellness-illness continuum. Concepts of wellness, categories of human functioning, stages of maturity and dimensions of health promotion, along with child bearing, will be explored in a condensed presentation. College laboratory experiences will focus on the community as well as a skills assessment, and are designed to assist the LPN/Medical Military Personnel entering the first semester of the associate degree RN program. Included will be an application of the nursing process with a childbearing family, in the community. The transcripts of the medical military personnel will be individually evaluated for eligibility by the department and assessed for appropriate departmental transfer credit.
Prerequisites: BI 150/151; BI 152 and BI 153 addition for evenings.
Corequisites: NU 128, MT 111 or waiver, EN 110.