Clinical: Family Health II

Catalog description

This hands-on practicum experience presents the family nurse practitioner student with precepted experiential learning in assessing, planning, and managing women, infant, and child health from a primary care perspective. Particular emphasis is placed on the importance of collaborating with other health care professionals in order to achieve patient safety and optimal health outcomes. In conjunction with the co-requisite didactic course, the student explores the theories and practice of healthcare for women, infants, and children within the context of the family. It also focuses on health promotion and acute or chronic illness which may be experienced particularly by these populations. Prerequisite(s): NU 802 and NL802C.