NURS 3142 - Gerontological Nursing

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 6
Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
In this course, students will use primary health care, considering population groups and influences, as a framework for promoting health, providing holistic care and understanding the unique needs of a diversity of older adults and their families. Students will examine effective community and family-centred approaches to care, considering collaborative relationships and interprofessional partnerships, advocacy, capacity building, critical thinking and clinical judgment in a variety of contexts. Success in this course is supported when this course is taken concurrently with NURS 3144 .

Prerequisite(s): HLTH 2250 , INTS 1240 , PSYC 2235 , HPED 2507 , as well as a grade of C or higher in NURS 2215  and an EP in NURS 2216 .

AND

One of GNED 1101 , GNED 1102 , or GNED 1103 , one of GNED 1201 , GNED 1202 , or GNED 1203 , one of GNED 1301 , GNED 1303 , or GNED 1304 , and one of GNED 1401 , GNED 1403 , GNED 1404 , or ENGL 1101 .