Advanced Clinical Reasoning for the AGACNP

1 credits · School of Nursing

This course introduces students to advanced clinical reasoning related to the Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) clinical role. Students will apply advanced practice nursing concepts in acute, episodic scenarios. This introduction into the advanced practice AGACNP role requires application of advanced health assessment, physiology/ pathophysiology, and pharmacology concepts to collect and analyze clinical assessment data, identify medical decision-making options, and formulate a preliminary plan of care. All application principles are performed within the AGACNP scope of practice. Students complete 70 indirect clinical hours, a portion of the total 630 program clinical hours. Pre/corequisites: 6013, 6014, 6022, 6024, 6114 and 8090. [1]