Women’s Health Primary Care Clinical

Graduate / Professional

Women’s health nurse practitioner students are provided with supervised introductory clinical experience in adult primary care including the care of male patients. The emphasis of this clinical experience is on managing health promotion and common acute and chronic health problems. Students learn appropriate recognition, management, and referral of common medical conditions as they present in the outpatient setting. Examples of common health problems are: chronic and acute skin conditions, upper respiratory infections, asthma, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, thyroid, diabetes, headaches, and mood disorders. Additionally, students incorporate the primary care foundations of health promotion, risk assessment, disease prevention, and counseling. Required of all women’s health nurse practitioner students. The course may be completed in any term of the year depending on clinical site availability. 2 Course cr HTBA