NURS-61400 Advanced Practice Nursing Management: Special Populations

This didactic course addresses core nurse practitioner competencies in the care of adolescents and adults. Utilization of research and evidence-based practice are foundational. Critical thinking, diagnostic and interventional reasoning processes are addressed for complex, multi-system illnesses in primary care. Special emphasis is placed on the unique needs of special populations, including various ethnicities, the disadvantaged, adolescents, women, and the elderly. Legal and business aspects of nurse practitioner practice are illustrated through case examples.

Credits

Prerequisite

NURS 61000 and NURS 61100

Corequisite

NURS 61500

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