NRSG 2220 — Health Assessment and Fundamental Nursing Skills

3 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springBostonOnlineOnlineTraditional

Introduces the concepts of wellness and caring utilizing the nursing clinical judgment model and the nursing process as the frameworks for nursing practice. Outlines the ethnic, cultural, psychosocial, and developmental gender-specific and physical aspects of health in the context of client-centered care. Offers the learner an opportunity to acquire a range of beginning assessment techniques and nursing skills that support appropriate nursing care planning and interventions for clients. Explores nurses’ engagement with therapeutic communication.

Prerequisites

one of:
- all of:
  - one of:
    - BIOL 1119 (min C)
    - BIOL 2219 (min C)
    - BIOL 234M
  - one of:
    - BIOL 1121 (min C)
    - BIOL 2221 (min C)
  - one of:
    - CHEM 1101 (min C)
    - CHEM 1161 (min C)
    - CHEM 1211 (min C)
  - HSCI 1105 (min C)
  - one of:
    - MATH 1215 (min C)
    - MATH 1231 (min C)
    - MATH 21BM
    - MATH 1241 (min C)
    - MATH 1341 (min C)
    - MATH 21EM
  - one of:
    - PSYC 1101 (min C)
    - PSYC 101M PSYC 102M
    - PSYC 1101 (min C)
    - PSYC 101M PSYC 102M
- graduate program admission

Corequisites (same term)

NRSG 2221

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	12	251	332	76%	6.8
Spring 2024	5	106	123	86%	3.4
Fall 2024	12	318	366	87%	4.0
Spring 2025	4	77	83	93%	1.5

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 12% · T 0% · W 6% · Th 12% · F 16%

Common patterns: async (66% of sections), F (16% of sections), MR (12% of sections), W (6% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Dalena GLEATON (12% of students) · reviews
Kristen Mathieu Gonzalez (9% of students) · reviews
Kaye Bemis (9% of students) · reviews
Elizabeth Howland (9% of students) · reviews

Spring

Dalena GLEATON (40% of students) · reviews
Paulette Thabault (25% of students) · reviews
Lauren Trimble (13% of students) · reviews
Heather Schaufenbil (13% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

NRSG 3302, NRSG 3320, NRSG 3323, NRSG 3400

Courses that list NRSG 2220 in their prerequisites.

Links

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