Primary Care of Adult-Gerontology II Credits: 6

Catalog description

This course is designed to prepare adult-gerontology nurse practitioner (NP) students to care for and manage adult patients with chronic health problems while educating the patient-defined family unit. The focus is on the differentiation and therapeutic management of chronic health problems encountered in various health care settings. The course enables students to develop evidence and theory-based practice for disease state management of health care for adult patients with chronic conditions while keeping in mind different cultural characteristics. Core concepts: theories, grief and loss, chronicity, inclusivity, pain, and advanced nursing skills. This 6 credit hour course consists of 3 credit hours of didactic/discussion per week and 247.5 hours (3 credits) of clinical per semester.