NUR 670 - FNP II: Advanced Practice through the Lifespan: Primary Care of the Complex Client

Credit(s): 7

Advanced Practice through the Lifespan: Primary Care of the Pediatric and Women’s Health Client is the second in a sequence of three primary care courses through the lifespan for the family nurse practitioner student, with an emphasis on pediatric primary care and women’s health care. The course will explore health promotion, disease prevention and wellness in the pediatric and women’s health populations. Building upon NUR 650 and NUR 660, the family nurse practitioner student will learn principles of assessment, diagnosis, planning, treatment and evaluation of common and chronic illness in these populations. Interdisciplinary collaboration, the role of the family nurse practitioner as an advanced practice nurse as member of the health care team will be incorporated. The course will also explore regulatory principles and scope of practice when providing care to the pediatric and women’s health clients. This course includes 180 hours of a precepted clinical component where the family nurse practitioner student engages with the identified populations in approved healthcare care settings.