Recent SemestersSummer 2026, Winter 2026, Summer 2025, Winter 2025, Summer 2024Class Size10 studentsCredits2PrerequisitePrerequisite: ANAT 132 and PHYO 131; or MICR 133; and MEDT 101; and NURS 143 and NURS 144 with a minimum grade of C Transfers ToCSUDescriptionminimum grade of C Enrollment Limitation: Students admitted into the Nursing Program must have completed the Readiness Assessment Test- ATI Test of Essential Academic Skills (ATI-TEAS) with the state recommended passing score. This course will help the student develop and utilize physical assessment and history-taking skills necessary to care for the biophysical needs of patients. The course focuses on the communication techniques and critical thinking skills necessary to elicit a health history. Concepts of patient, professional nursing, health and illness, and the healthcare environment will be introduced. Physical assessment skills will be developed to determine normal and abnormal findings of various body systems, including a general survey assessment. Enrollment to this course is only upon admission into the Nursing Program.Usually HeldTue 11:00am–2:10pm, Tue Thu 1:30pm–3:55pm, Wed 8:00am–11:10am, Tue 4:30pm–7:40pm 