APN: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care III

Catalog description

This course focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, management and evaluation of complex health problems of the adolescents and adult clients in primary care settings. Students apply critical thinking and evidence based clinical decision-making competencies to formulate comprehensive differential diagnoses and develop management plans with outcome criteria for adolescents and adult clients and their families. Students combine the advanced practice roles of clinician, educator, advocate, and leader to design and evaluate therapeutic interventions that utilize a variety of treatment modalities. Concepts include health promotion, disease prevention, collaboration, cultural competency, health policy and ethical issues. Individual, family and community health needs are evaluated utilizing a population focused framework.