Clinical Management IV: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

2.5 Credits.

This course is the fourth of five clinical management courses that build upon the clinical knowledge and foundational concepts developed. Students will engage in Clinical Immersive Learning by applying the Nursing Process to demonstrate practice application, emphasizing population-specific encounters. This course emphasizes achieving independent practice of Assessment skills (history and physical exam, the Diagnostic process (synthesizing information and developing differential diagnoses), Planning, and Implementing the adult healthcare plan while continually developing competency in Evaluation. This course contains up to 16 hours of clinical per week and up to 20 hours of indirect study over the course of the semester for a total of 160 clinical practicum hours, which are required to progress to the next course in this series. Course content includes the evolution of professional identity, emphasizing patient safety, culturally competency care of adult patients, interpersonal communication and integration of both: critical and reflective thinking of an advanced practice nursing provider.