Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Practicum III.

Catalog description

Semester course; 4 clinical hours (240 clinical contact hours). 4 credits (4 credits clinical). Prerequisite: NURS 675 . Focuses on advanced primary care management of adolescent, adult and geriatric individuals with complex health issues and comorbidities through supervised clinical experiences. As the final practicum course, students implement and evaluate health screening, health promotion, health protection, disease prevention, risk-reduction strategies and systems-based coordination in care management. Provides opportunities to lead within the interprofessional health care team, direct quality improvement methods, implement evidence-based strategies to address clinical problems and evaluate patient and systems-based outcomes. Graded as pass/fail.