Description
PREREQUISITES: Grade of C or better in ADN 151
This course is designed to give beginning nursing students an overview of the practice of gerontological nursing. Topics include concepts and theories of aging, nursing assessment and care of the older adult, challenges in aging, changes in aging, elder nutrition and specific units on elder body systems ie integumentary, sensory, cardiovascular, respiratory , etc. This is a three credit course with a prerequisite of Fundamentals in Nursing.