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Dec 13, 2025
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2025-2026 Graduate and Professional Programs Catalog
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NUR 556 Comprehensive Care of Older Adults
This course prepares the advanced practice nurse for provision of comprehensive, quality, and cost‐effective care for older adults. Theories of aging, physiology of aging, the economic, sociocultural, and ethical aspects of aging will be explored. Students will use evidence‐based practice guidelines to recognize, evaluate and manage clinical syndromes prevalent in the older adult population. Family role, caregiver issues and community support systems are discussed. Clinical issues unique to frail older adults and atypical presentation of disease states will be explored (2 theory hours and 1 clinical hour; 56 clinical hours). Prerequisite: NUR 522 . Corequisite: NUR 524 and NUR 557 . 3 credit hours.
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