NUR 554 Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Seminar

This is the final of three diagnosis and management courses, preparing the nurse practitioner student for primary care of adolescents, adults, and older adults. Emphasis is on professional practice immersion, collaborative practice and beginning leadership in complex health care systems. Students will begin to make autonomous clinical decisions and will refine their
diagnostic acumen, clinical decision making and disease management. Integration of knowledge of multiple health problems and complex clinical syndromes is applied in a comprehensive clinical experience with a preceptor and faculty oversight (1 theory hour and 6 clinical hours; 336 clinical hours). Prerequisite: NUR 524, NUR 525, NUR 556, and NUR 557. Corequisite: NUR 555. 7 credit hours