Advanced Practice in Acute Care III Diagnostic Reasoning

3 Credits.

This is the fourth of five didactic specialty courses for the Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP) student. This course categorizes diagnostic reasoning and clinical problem-solving capabilities while identifying associated illnesses and disease entities with increasing severity and complexity. Content focuses on integrating pathophysiology, comprehensive assessment data, differential diagnoses while appraising a management and evaluation plan considering age, gender, sexuality, and social determinants of health within the scope of AG-ACNP practice.