NURS 751 - Assessment & Management for the FNP: Clinical Practicum

(1 to 13 units)

Synthesis and clinical practicum experience in which the student works with a preceptor to apply the evaluation and management strategies for the care of patients across the lifespan with episodic illness and injury, chronic disease management, frailty and patients requiring palliative or end-of-life care.

Maximum units a student may earn: 13

Corequisite(s): Credit 1 corequisites: NURS 716, NURS 755, NURS 773; Credits 2-5 corequisites: NURS 756; Credits 6-9 corequisites: NURS 757, NURS 784; Credits 10-13 corequisites: NURS 758

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Internship/Practicum: 1
Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. obtain a thorough and efficient history guided by diagnostic reasoning.
2. perform advanced physical exams guided by diagnostic reasoning.
3. use clinical judgement to formulate relevant differential diagnoses and arrive at most likely diagnosis.
4. manage screening and diagnostic exams for individualized patients and/or populations.
5. prescribe evidence-based pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions within scope of practice.
6. create comprehensive advanced practice treatment plans.
7. integrate evidence-based knowledge and/or skills from current and previous coursework to optimize patient outcomes.
8. demonstrate professional growth to develop a sustainable progression towards advanced practice leadership capacity.
9. manage care across settings.
10. use therapeutic communication across settings.

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