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

4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 239B. Corequisite: course 439C. Third 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. 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 demonstrate 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.