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COURSE DESCRIPTION

NURS 104 — Nursing Care of Patients Across the Lifespan  (3 cr)

This course builds from the knowledge from NURS 101, 102, and NUTRI 251. Students will continue to associate the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management and communication as they relate to patient care across the lifespan. This course focuses on the care of the patient from pediatrics to geriatrics. This course is a concept based course specifically identifying and discussing the concepts of health, wellness, and illness; teaching and learning; growth and development; mobility; comfort; grief and loss; sleep and rest; cellular regulation; metabolism; infection; and oxygenation. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter. (SCC)
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