Spring 2027

Nursing Care of the Older Adult

NURSING 433 teaches person-centered nursing care of older adults, including assessment, nursing diagnosis, safety, social determinants of health, and ethical decision-making in geriatrics.

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Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2016: 3.60 GPA, 88.6% A/AB (n=149 letter grades); Fall 2017: 3.54 GPA, 82.9% A/AB (n=152 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.46 GPA, 81.9% A/AB (n=227 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Employ the nursing process to recognize and respond to the complexity of the aging process and its impact on individuals from a biopsychosocial perspective.

  • Identify social determinants of health for older adults and resources available to support the health and well-being of special populations that integrate cultural awareness and integrity.

  • Synthesize assessment data to recognize and respond to complex geriatric health problems using evidence-based strategies.

  • Apply principles of professional nursing ethics and human rights to facilitate shared decision-making based on patient values and goals of care.

  • Use current guidelines and valid and reliable assessment tools to prevent problems common in older adults and promote health and well-being.

  • Utilize evidence-based strategies to reduce risk and promote safety in the nursing care of older adults.

  • Employ best-practices for clear, accurate, and inclusive communication to provide for safe and effective transitions of care across care settings.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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

NURSING 433

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2016: 3.60 GPA, 88.6% A/AB (n=149 letter grades); Fall 2017: 3.54 GPA, 82.9% A/AB (n=152 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.46 GPA, 81.9% A/AB (n=227 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Healthy versus unhealthy aging
  • Social determinants of health
  • Safety and well-being of older adults
  • Ethical clinical decision-making in geriatrics
  • Assessment, nursing diagnosis, and management of complex health needs

Skills

  • Apply the nursing process to address complex aging processes from a biopsychosocial perspective.
  • Identify social determinants of health and resources for older adult populations with cultural awareness.
  • Synthesize assessment data to manage complex geriatric health problems using evidence-based strategies.
  • Apply nursing ethics and human rights principles to facilitate shared decision-making.
  • Utilize evidence-based strategies to reduce risk and promote safety in geriatric care.
  • Employ inclusive communication practices for safe transitions of care across settings.

Grades

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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