Graduate Nursing Practicum IV: Younger Years

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The focus of the course is on the continued application of knowledge and skills synthesized from previous work in nursing and the supportive biopsychosocial sciences and humanities. Interdisciplinary collaboration for effective, holistic primary health care is emphasized. Students explicate the role of the nurse practitioner in primary health care in their behavior and by interpreting nursing's real and potential contributions to primary health care to colleagues in nursing, other health care disciplines, and the public. The student is expected to be conversant with and responsive to the societal and politico-legal developments affecting acceptance and utilization of the nurse practitioner role. Prerequisites: NURS 7357 , 7244 .