This course helps students develop a theoretical foundation for nursing practice and introduces the nursing process as a framework for professional nursing practice. Concepts from the humanities, social, behavioral, and natural sciences are examined for their applicability to nursing. The nursing process is applied to the care of clients who are either at risk for or are experiencing common disruptions of health. Selected alterations in health experienced by the adult client (e.g. alterations in metabolic, endocrine, and renal systems, etc.) and current nursing management approaches are taught.