NUR 680 - FNP III: Advanced Practice Through the Lifespan: Primary Care of the Pedi & Women’s Health Client

Credit(s): 7

NUR 680 FNP III: Advanced Practice Through the Lifespan: Primary Care of the Complex Client is the last, in a sequence of three primary care courses through the lifespan for the family nurse practitioner student with an emphasis on the complex client. This course will explore health promotion, disease prevention and wellness in the complex patient population. Building upon NUR 650, NUR 660, and NUR 670 the family nurse practitioner student will continue to learn principles of assessment, diagnosis, planning, treatment and evaluation of common and chronic illness in more complex patient populations. Interdisciplinary collaboration, the role of the family nurse practitioner, as an advanced practice nurse, referrals and consultations will be reinforced. The course will include care of the more complex patient, those with multiple comorbidities, common mental health disorders, chronic pain, addictions, common office procedures and emergencies, care of specific populations with unique needs such as the LGBTQ client, and the role of the family nurse practitioner in specialty practices. The course explores regulatory principles and scope of practice when providing care to the complex patient and in specialty settings. This course includes 240 hours of a precepted clinical component where the family nurse practitioner student engages with the complex client in approved healthcare care settings and specialty practices.