Course Information
Knowledge, skills and professional behaviors are required to provide comprehensive and holistic primary care to a culturally diverse population across the lifespan. Emphasis is on health promotion, health maintenance, and management of common health problems pertaining to children, adolescents, gynecological, reproductive and family centered primary care with an emphasis on physical assessment findings for determining and planning of patient care needs.
This is the first in a series of supervised clinical practicums consisting of 180 hours in a variety of primary care settings. It is designed to provide the beginning Family Nurse Practitioner student with experience in assessment and documentation of histories, physical examinations, interpretation of diagnostic laboratory results, and treatment of acute and chronic health problems in individuals across the lifespan.
This is the first in a series of supervised clinical practicums consisting of 180 hours in a variety of primary care settings. It is designed to provide the beginning Family Nurse Practitioner student with experience in assessment and documentation of histories, physical examinations, interpretation of diagnostic laboratory results, and treatment of acute and chronic health problems in individuals across the lifespan.
