NURS-61100 NP Practicum: Adults in Community/Primary Care

This is the first of three supervised clinical experiences for nurse practitioner students. This course provides the opportunity to utilize core nurse practitioner skills in the community which include health promotion, health protection, and/or disease prevention programming. Students develop skills in evaluation, diagnosis, and management of common episodic and chronic health problems seen in primary care.  Emphasis is placed on obtaining a relevant health history, physical examination (complete, system, and symptom-specific), and relevant psychomotor skills.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

MSN core courses; Specialty Core

Corequisite

NURS 61000