Advanced Field Study: Management of Clients and Families Across the Life Span II - APHN

Catalog description

This clinical practicum allows for continued immersion into the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) role in the community. Using the foundations of Nursing, Public and Community Health, and strategies of case and care management students will manage individuals, families, and groups that have been historically marginalized and described as “vulnerable.” Individuals and groups served may include the poor, the homeless, migrant workers, immigrants, pregnant adolescents, and people with mental illness, substance abusers, and people with communicable disease (e.g., HIV/AIDs). The minimum requirement for this practicum is 180 hours. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students enrolled in the Master of Science in Nursing Program. Prerequisite(s): NURS 502 , NURS 503 , NURS 504 , and NURS 506 .