Adult/Gerontology Primary Health Care for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses II

4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 239A. Corequisite: course 429B or 439B. Second in three-course series. Emphasis on diagnosis and management of common episodic and chronic adult (late adolescence through end of life) health problems and conditions in ambulatory and urgent-care settings with particular attention to more complex and multi-morbidity presentations than those introduced in course 239A. Students apply and evaluate evidence-based interventions and clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of diverse adult populations (late adolescence through old age) to refine intermediate to advanced primary care decision-making skills. Evaluation of management of patient care plans for optimum health promotion and condition maintenance in medically diverse populations. Letter grading.