St. Marys school of Medicine, Cook Islands

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BSc Nursing in Health Assessment St. Marys school of Medicine, Cook Islands

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HEALTH ASSESSMENT

This course of study focuses on the assessment phase of the nursing process as a means of collecting data for use to be used by the registered nurse during the process of making clinical decisions whilst promoting safe and quality health care. Topics and concepts emphasis will be placed on include the acquiring of knowledge and skills required to perform health assessments in patients at various levels in their lifespan whilst focusing on focusing on physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual components of patient/s along with communication findings. The course will also provide the opportunity to nursing students to engage in hands on practice of health assessment techniques/skills and require the nursing student to demonstrate effective communication, clinical judgment and performance of health assessment skills in a clinical setting.

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING PROGRAM – ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Students must have attained a minimum of an Associates Degree, 90 semester credit hours or Bachelors Degree (including completion of all the prerequisite coursework) from an accredited ins

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