Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist I

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Students analyze theory and evidence to design clinical nurse specialist care for youngest to oldest adult patients across the wellness to illness continuum. Students use problem-solving and evidence-based practice methodologies to diagnose, plan and evaluate interventions for select disease and illness phenomena. The focus in on analyzing etiologies of symptoms and functional problems, using evidence-based and theoretically sound advanced nursing interventions and assessment of associated outcomes of practice. Students develop clinical nurse specialist competencies necessary to manage the complexities of youngest to oldest adults as they transition through multiple contexts of care such as healthcare settings and wellness to illness trajectories. Typically offered Fall. Prerequisite(s): NUR 50000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B AND NUR 51100 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Course Learning Outcomes 1. Analyze problem-solving and evidence- based practice methodologies for the purpose of designing advanced practice nursing care for the youngest through oldest adult patients. 2. Use diagnostic criteria within the context of theoretical frameworks to identify health and illness phenomena common to the youngest to oldest adult patients. 3. Create advanced practice nursing strategies to promote wellness and manage symptoms, functional problems and risk behaviors of the youngest to oldest adults based on theoretical and empirical evidence. 4. Evaluate advanced practice nursing strategies for the youngest to oldest adult patient problems based on patient data and the soundness of the theoretical and empirical supporting evidence. 5. Analyze the professional role competencies of the clinical nurse specialist in relationship to the care of the youngest to oldest adult patients. View Class Schedule