NURS 210 is Liberty's pre-licensure health assessment course. Much of the grade comes from recorded assessment videos and tests; its written work is a health history examination, a SOAP note on the face, head and neck exam, and three discussion forums.
Liberty's catalog lists the course as NURS 210 Pre-licensure Health Assessment, 3 credit hours; Canvas and the course guide file print it as NURS210.
What NURS 210 covers
The catalog description: This course focuses on the development of a body systems approach to health assessment of individuals emphasizing normal growth and developmental responses across the lifespan. Content includes an introduction to the knowledge and skills of health assessment through a variety of methodologies in the classroom, opportunities to practice skills in the nursing laboratory and experiences in the clinical settings. Students apply communication techniques in eliciting comprehensive health histories and perform physical examinations in evaluating health status.
The course teaches a body systems approach to health assessment across the lifespan, combining classroom content, practice in the nursing laboratory and clinical experience, with emphasis on communication in taking health histories and performing physical examinations. The textbook is D'Amico and Barbarito, Health and Physical Assessment in Nursing.
The three student assessment videos (each a continuous, unedited recording of no more than 25 minutes) and the closed-book didactic head-to-toe exam video are performances rather than writing, so this site has no guides for them. The Pathogens Form must be submitted before the health history examination.
Textbook named in the published guide: D'Amico & Barbarito, Health & Physical Assessment in Nursing (2016). Check the current edition in your Canvas section.
NURS 210 assignments, week by week
Every graded written assignment in the published guide has its own how-to guide below. Quizzes, exams, checklists and class introductions are left out because there is nothing to write.
| Week | Assignment | Points | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Discussion Board Forum 1 | 50 | Thread at least 250 words |
| 1 | Health History Examination | 50 | The provided Health History Examination Form, completed in full |
| 3 | SOAP Note | 75 | The provided SOAP Note Form |
| 5 | Discussion Board Forum 2 | 50 | Thread at least 250 words |
| 7 | Discussion Board Forum 3 | 50 | Thread at least 250 words |
Week 1: Discussion Board Forum 1
A 250-word thread with one APA citation and two 150-word replies, each with a scholarly source. How to write NURS 210 Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1.
Week 1: Health History Examination
A complete health history on a consenting adult using the provided Health History Examination Form. How to write NURS 210 Week 1 Health History Examination.
Week 3: SOAP Note
A SOAP note on the face, head and neck examination, on the provided form, citing the textbook and a NANDA source. How to write NURS 210 Week 3 SOAP Note.
Week 5: Discussion Board Forum 2
The second forum: a 250-word thread with a citation and two 150-word replies with scholarly sources. How to write NURS 210 Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 2.
Week 7: Discussion Board Forum 3
The third forum: a 250-word thread with a citation and two 150-word replies with scholarly sources. How to write NURS 210 Week 7 Discussion Board Forum 3.
How NURS 210 is graded
The published guide totals 1,010 points. The didactic physical exam video is 200 and the three assessment videos 75 each (225); four tests are 75 each (300). The written work: the SOAP note is 75, the health history examination 50 and the three forums 50 each.
| Graded item | Points |
|---|---|
| Didactic Physical Exam Video | 200 |
| Student Assessment Videos (3) | 225 |
| Tests (4) | 300 |
| SOAP Note | 75 |
| Health History Examination | 50 |
| Discussion Board Forums (3) | 150 |
| Course Requirements Checklist | 10 |
The published scale puts an A at 900 to 1010 points.
Week timing in the published guide: Each course module/week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday.
How to approach NURS 210
Find your volunteer in Week 1: the health history and all the videos need a consenting adult aged 18 or older (legal consenting age may vary by state), and the same person can make the whole course easier. Submit the Pathogens Form first; the guide requires it before the health history.
For the SOAP note in Week 3, use the textbook's normal-findings language and look up an approved NANDA nursing diagnosis to cite, since the guide requires a NANDA source along with the textbook.
Questions students ask
Who can I assess for NURS 210 assignments?
A consenting adult aged 18 or older (the guide notes legal consenting age may vary by state).
What sources does the NURS 210 SOAP note need?
Two: the course textbook and a source for a NANDA-approved nursing diagnosis, in current APA.
Working through NURS 210 now?
Tell us the week and the assignment. A tutor who knows the course replies with a plan for the draft.