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NURSING CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT

NURSING 433
Course Description

Learn to provide high quality, person-centered nursing care to older adults, using current research, evidenced-based guidelines, and foundational content to assess, form nursing diagnoses, and manage the complex health needs of older adults by being able to differentiate between healthy and unhealthy aging, explore social determinants of health, provide for safety and well-being, and consider ethical clinical-decision making in geriatrics.

Prerequisites

Declared in Nursing or Nursing (Accelerated Program), NURSING 323 or concurrent enrollment, NURSING 326 or concurrent enrollment, and NURSING 327 or concurrent enrollment

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.54

-6.06% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

0.11% from Historical

A Rate
25%

-60.27% from Historical

Class Size
152

0.33% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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