Health Assessment
Health Assessment
Health Assessment
COLLEGE OF NURSING The College of Nursing aims to develop professional nurses who are able to assume entry level
OBJECTIVES positions in health facilities or community settings, integrating STII core values in the care of
clients. It aims to develop professional nurses who:
A. Utilize the nursing process in providing safe, humane, quality and holistic care to
individual clients across the lifespan, families, population groups, and community.
B. Assume the following roles in:
B.1 client care
B.2 leadership and management
B.3 research
PROGRAM OUTCOMES The graduates of the BSN program shall:
1. Provide safe, humane, holistic care to individuals, families, population groups, and
community utilizing the nursing process.
2. Apply knowledge, skills and attitude in practice of nursing.
3. Communicate effectively, in speaking and writing and documentation and reporting.
4. Practice nursing in accordance with existing laws, and legal, ethical, and moral principles.
5. Work effectively and efficiently in collaboration with inter, intra, multi-disciplinary and
multi-cultural teams. 6. Conduct research with an experienced researcher.
7. Engage in life-long learning with passion to be abreast with national and global
developments in nursing and health.
8. Demonstrate responsible citizenship.
9. Practice beginning leadership and management skills.
10. Adopt the nursing core values of caring.
Course Name HEALTH ASSESSMENT
Course Description The course deals with concepts, principles & techniques of history taking using various tools, physical
examination (head to toe), psychosocial assessment and interpretation of laboratory findings to arrive at
a nursing diagnosis. The Learner is expected to perform holistic nursing assessment of an individual
adult client.
Course Credit 3 units
Contact Hours/ Semester 54 lecture hours / 108 RLE
Pre requisite All first semester subjects
Placement 1st year, 1st sem
Course Competencies At the end of the course and given stimulated and actual conditions, the students will be able to:
1. Utilized knowledge of principles and concepts of relevant sciences and humanities in the practice of
nursing.
2. Take part in beginning skills in performing health assessment to individuals.
3. Perceive ethico-legal principles in conducting health assessment.
4. Apply guidelines and principles of evidenced-based practice in health assessment
5. Prove assessment data accurately and comprehensively
6. Elaborate effectively in conducting health assessment