NURS 648 - Advanced Family Nursing I

4 Credit(s)

This course provides family nurse practitioner (FNP) students with the opportunity to incorporate strategies of health promotion, health maintenance, disease prevention, cultural competence, ethics, and advanced technology into family health care. Concepts of comprehensive primary care are introduced. Using current evidence-based findings and critical thinking skills, FNP students focus on diagnosis and management of acute episodic and chronic diseases across the life span. Theory related to diagnostic reasoning is incorporated into case studies. Appropriate therapeutics, patient education, case management, and communication are used to maximize family health. Clinical seminars are scheduled intermittently to facilitate synthesis of knowledge and skills needed in delivery of primary care.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 601, NURS 608, NURS 636 and NURS 639