Primary Care III

Catalog description

This course focuses on clients diagnosed with chronic conditions across the lifespan (infants/children, adolescents, adults, older adults, and women’s health). The course will also emphasize women’s health and the aging adult. This course uses a bio-psycho-social framework to examine the historical, cultural, biological, physiological, psychological, and social aspects of women and the aging adult. Topics pertaining to practice management, career development, and legal and ethical issues will be explored and applied to primary care. NURS 777S is a corequisite for NURS 777, both the lecture and clinical courses must be taken concurrently. If a student must withdraw from the lecture course, the student must also withdraw from the corequisite clinical course. Note: Failure in NURS 777 (grade less than B) results in repeating NURS 777 and NURS 777S. (4 credits didactic; 2 credits clinical: 250 hours)