NU 126 - Health Maintenance

Credit Hours: 4

A study of the preservation of the optimal health status of the individual through health maintenance activities. Health maintenance will be examined through the detection and assessment of early signs and symptoms of impending illness, including physiologic and psychosocial dimensions.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

explain the concepts of health-seeking behaviors and health maintenance;
identify the influence of the stages of maturity on health maintenance;
explain cultural beliefs and lifestyle behaviors that influence health maintenance;
describe caring behaviors;
differentiate methods of effective communication;
explain the application of critical thinking for clients seeking to maintain health;
determine principles of infection control necessary for health maintenance;
identify the use of the nursing process in health maintenance;
employ the library and multi-media as resource tools;
describe the legal and ethical responsibilities of the professional nurse;
describe the principles of health teaching in health maintenance; and
identify health/community resources available for health maintenance.

Prerequisites: NU 116, NU 117 or NU 120, NU 128
Corequisites: BI 152, BI 153, NU 127, PS 100
F/S (C, N)