Aug 05, 2025  
Catalog/Bulletin 2025-2026 
    
Catalog/Bulletin 2025-2026

NURS 6315 - ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT

[5 Credits]
Advanced Health Assessment focuses on developing the diagnostic reasoning skills used to assess the health and physiologic dysfunction of individuals across the lifespan. The course provides advanced and in-depth content on collecting problem-focused and comprehensive patient histories, along with physical and psychological patient examination within the context of advanced practice nursing roles and use of healthcare technologies. Course content includes stratifying risk factors for disease in individuals and populations and their relation to abnormal clinical and diagnostic findings. Directed laboratory and simulated learning experiences emphasize critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills needed to establish differential diagnoses used to determine appropriate and effective health care.