Family Primary Care Advanced Practice Nursing II

3 credits

This course advances knowledge and skills from the prior specialty course and focuses on managing complex primary care conditions across the lifespan. Principles of restorative and palliative care are discussed. Advanced clinical decision-making and autonomy are emphasized. Critical analysis of data, integration of interdisciplinary theory, evidence-based, cost-effective approaches to care, care coordination, and care transitions are emphasized. The broader health care system, interprofessional collaboration, and influences of trauma, neurodevelopment, bias, structural racism, gender, ableism, social determinants of health, and inequities are explored. The leadership role of the advanced practice nurse in identifying and addressing barriers to optimal care is integrated.