Acute Care Cncpts & Pract I

Catalog description

This course is the first of three sequential courses that prepare advanced practice nursing students with biblical, theoretical, scientific, and technical foundations in the care of adult-gerontology patients in an acute care nurse practitioner role. Students will learn and apply health promotion, assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based management of acutely ill adult gerontology patients with episodic illness, exacerbation of chronic illness or terminal illness. Students will develop knowledge and skills in complex monitoring, pharmacological therapies, and interventions, within interdisciplinary acute care settings. Students are required to complete 200 hours of direct clinical care under the supervision of qualified clinical preceptors and School of Nursing faculty. Prerequisites: NSG-6050 Professional Role Development and Health Care Leadership; NSG-6060 Healthcare Economics and Policy; NSG-6070 Principles of Evidence Based Nursing Practice; NSG-6080 Biblical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-6150 Advanced Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Genomics for Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-6160 Advanced Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-6170 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning for Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-6190 Transition to Clinical for Advanced Practice Nursing. (Fee: $1000)