LPN 132 - Medical Surgical Nursing II

5 credit hours

This course builds on the concepts of Medical-Surgical Nursing introduced in LPN 131. The topics of body defenses, control, mobility, coordination and regulation, digestion and elimination, reproductive and sexual disorders, physical and mental integrity, special areas, and integration of body systems are discussed, as well as the effects of aging on body systems. Students will spend clinical hours at health care facilities for the clinical portion of this course. Prerequisites: first semester coursework; Corequisites: LPN 131, LPN 132 S