Health promotion, assessment and management

TexasMitzi · Dec 27, 2014

I enjoyed Health Promotions, and I actually did relearn how to take care of myself a little more. I didn't find it difficult as the readings were interesting to me.

yashnaba · Dec 27, 2014

Thanks for information...:-)

#proudtobeanurse · Dec 27, 2014

Health Promotion class was awesome! it is an easy A and it was a fun class to take. This is a class that you could take in combination with another class as it is not too demanding.

yashnaba · Dec 27, 2014

Thank you for sharing your experiences...do you have any idea on health assessment class...:-)

RunHeatherRun · Dec 27, 2014

Here is what I posted in another thread about all the classes I have taken. Assessment is near the bottom third of the post.

I am almost done with the program. I doubled (and sometimes tripled) up on most classes, with the exception of Research.

I took Hist 1312 at a community college before my ADN program. I am taking Hist 1311 in Spring at UTA, mostly by itself (tail end of another course). I have heard it's terrible. I am prepared.

Pols 2311 & 2312 were easy. I took 2312 with British Lit and Med Term. It was kind of crazy, but I did it. I work full time and have kids. And no sanity.

Art 1301 was insanely easy. I took it with Older Adult (they overlapped with the beginning of art) and Assessment (overlapped with the end of art).

Math 1308 was tough. I took it before the new web cam and proctored exam requirements. I took it with English 1302. This is where my sanity left me. It was one of the first classes I took at UTA, last fall.

Literature. I took British Lit. It was more time consuming than I anticipated, but it wasn't horrible. If you are strong in writing essays and can BS your way through interpretation of literature, you will be fine.

Bored, but fine. Like I said, I took this with Med Term and Fed Gov. I was very busy with all 3, but managed A's in all of them.

Engl 2338 - Technical Writing. So easy.

Biol 3309 - Med Term. So, you would think, "Hey, this is an easy A, I'm a nurse for crap's sake!" Except the tests are timed so you get something like 32 seconds per question. You can't go back to previous questions, you can't review results. Some of the questions felt like A&P all over again. It was awful. You will doubt yourself and want to punch someone in the neck. Maybe they have changed it, but I doubt it. The material was easy, the execution was awful.

As far as nursing courses go:

Prof A&B - Pretty easy. You will get to know APA very well.

Older Adult - A breeze.

Assessment - Time consuming but the material is very easy. Use your significant other or someone else in your home to assess. Try to pick someone in good health so you can just breeze through the assessment. You will have to be very detailed (capillary refill less than two seconds in all ten fingernail beds, blood pressure 120/80mmHg on left arm while sitting). You will learn to hate the word bilateral.

Health Promotion - Easiest class in the whole program, I would venture to say.

Research - I am taking this now. You will have to work in groups, which sucks. If you take charge and fix everyone's work, you will do okay. The material is dry but not difficult. The group work is what makes this class suck. So far, I have an A. Hoping to keep it that way. You will be shocked at how many nurses cannot form a coherent sentence. You will be shocked how many nurses/students copy and paste directly from articles. You will spend a lot of time revising and begging your classmates to please give feedback. I have a pretty good group. Exchange cell numbers with everyone the first week and start a group text. This has been the best way to get a hold of everyone at once, since we are all in different parts of the country and work different shifts.

Leadership - Taking this in spring.

Vulnerable Populations - Taking this in spring.

Capstone - Taking this in spring (YAY!).

Upper Division Nursing Elective - I took Co-op Work Experience. It was easy. If you have a certification, you can apply it toward an elective. I do not have a certification, so I had to take the extra elective.

#proudtobeanurse · Dec 28, 2014

I haven't taken health assessment yet, but a friend of mine did and she said it was pretty doable. I believe you have to find someone (an elder) that you can interview and do health assessment during the course. But I think that would be the major assignment.

RunHeatherRun · Dec 28, 2014

Holistic care of the older adult requires you do a "life review" with an older adult. The class is very easy, though.

Holistic health assessment is more time consuming. The material is relatively easy (you are a nurse, after all, and do assessments with every shift). But you will be required to write detailed assessments with qualifiers based on the lab book.

#proudtobeanurse · Dec 28, 2014

Thanks for the clarification RunHeatherRun :) Question about Medical terminology. Can you go at your own pace on that class, meaning can you work ahead? or what is the format? Are the quizzes and tests due on Sunday or only Friday? How many assignments? Discussion boards? Thanks in advance:)

RunHeatherRun · Dec 28, 2014

You can't work ahead in Med Term. There are set days to take the test (Sunday at midnight to Monday at midnight, central time). You will have to take a practice test first. Additionally, there are online activities you must complete first (I can't remember how many, but there are several. But they are easy). The material is not difficult. But the worst part about it is the testing. The tests are timed and the timing is brutal, somewhere around 30 seconds per question, you can't go back to review questions once you have answered and you must use Respondus Lockdown Browser. There are no discussion postings required.

yashnaba · Dec 29, 2014

Thanks guys! Appreciated!

Do you remember list of books for health promotion and holistic health assessment classes...thank you so much!

#proudtobeanurse · Dec 31, 2014

Thanks RunHeatherRun! I really appreciate it! :)

Yashnaba, I don't remember having a course book for health promotion, but this class does require a book review assignment. They give you two choices of books, I picked "Move yourself", I cant remember the other option. But by the end of the course you must submit a book review paper. (but honestly its an easy assignment). This class also requires you to keep a personal journal in which you keep track of the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the course. Goals such sleeping more hours at night, napping, eating healthier, exercising, etc.