The course introduces health promotion and diseaseprevention strategieswhile incorporating person-centered carethat promotes health and health equityfordiversepopulations across the lifespan.Students gain knowledge of physical assessment skills necessary to complete a culturally competent health history and physical examination using holistic principles considering physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural concerns. Skills lab accompanies this course to demonstrate the ability to perform fundamental nursing skills with an emphasis on knowing normal and abnormal findings to promote mental and physical wellbeing. Students will use clinical judgement while integrating the components of the nursing process to practice ethical and person-centered assessments that form the foundation for holistic nursing practice. Prerequisites: BIOL 114, CHEM 106 or 121, admission to professional nursing sequence.