Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning

2 credits · School of Nursing

This two (2) credit graduate-level core didactic course prepares advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) students to apply advanced communication and health assessment techniques across the lifespan. Students will explore advanced health assessment techniques, therapeutic communication strategies, and evidence-based approaches to health promotion and disease prevention. Students will learn to integrate knowledge and clinical reasoning to analyze subjective and objective information and formulate presumptive differential diagnoses. This course builds upon foundational health assessment knowledge to develop advanced level competencies aligned with APRN specialties. Prerequisite: Admission to specialty and graduate level standing. [2]