. A course designed to develop the student's knowledge and skills for obtaining and recording a systematic, comprehensive health history and physical examination of the adult. The course involves synthesis of nursing, biologic, psychologic, and sociocultural knowledge and theories as they apply to the findings obtained in the comprehensive health assessment of adults. Variations in children and elders are also analyzed. The process whereby the nurse utilizes interviewing and clinical examination skills to gather and analyze data relevant to common health problems is emphasized. *