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Table of Contents - Primary Care Of Adults I
NURSE 5564      Primary Care Of Adults I
This course is designed to prepare nurse practitioner students to manage common health problems of adults. The focus is on developmentally appropriate preventive health care and management of common acute/episodic illnesses. Students will integrate role competencies, professional standards, and legal requirements essential to the NP role. Core content includes differential diagnosis, therapeutic management, adherence, anticipatory guidance, patient/family education, legal and professional issues, standards of practice, and advanced practice role competencies. This course consist of 3 credit hours of didactic and 2 credit hours of clinical (165 hours). Clinical practice and clinical seminar comprise the clinical experience. Prerequsities: NURSE 5526, 5547, 5548, 5550, and Co-requisities NURSE 5549, 5555.
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