NUR 660 - FNP I: Advanced Practice Through the Lifespan: Primary Care of the Adult Client

Credit(s): 7

Advanced Practice through the Lifespan: Primary Care of the Adult Client is the first in a sequence of three primary care courses through the lifespan for the family nurse practitioner student with an emphasis on the adult. Family theory will be discussed. The course will explore health promotion, disease prevention and wellness in the adult population. Building upon NUR 650, the family nurse practitioner student will learn principles of assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of common and chronic illness in the adult population. 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 adult client. This course includes 180 hours of a precepted clinical component where the family nurse practitioner student engages with the adult client in approved primary care settings.

Prerequisite(s): NUR 650 or with departmental permission
Offered: Sp