This course introduces the baccalaureate nursing student to growth and development and health promotion from infancy to older adulthood. Students will gain competence in concepts of health and change theories. They will acquire an understanding of the nursing process, medication math, as well as therapeutic communication techniques in lecture, clinical, and simulation. Students will develop critical thinking skills and a basic understanding of principles of teaching and learning useful to the nurse to provide evidence-based health promotion for individuals and families across the lifespan.