MSN 650 - Advanced Reasoning and Differential Diagnosis for Advanced Nursing Practice

Credit(s): 3

This course focuses on preparing the family nurse practitioner student to critically analyze complex patient health assessment data, in order to develop appropriate differential diagnosis skills. This pre-clinical course enables students to identify differential diagnoses for common health disorders, and non-specific problems across the lifespan. Diagnostic reasoning skills are advanced through physical assessment findings, subjective health histories, diagnostic imaging, laboratory studies, and basic electrocardiogram interpretation in addition to assessing virtual clients. FNP students will consider the psychological, cultural, and socioeconomic aspects of person-centered care across the lifespan. Differential diagnoses demonstrate evidence-based foundations grounded in scholarship, genomics, and pathophysiologic concepts. The students will utilize evolving multi-disciplinary knowledge to inform care of gender-diverse populations, disabled populations, pregnant women, older adults, and pediatric populations.

Prerequisite(s): MSN 610 and MSN 620
Corequisite(s): MSN 540