Description
This course focuses on primary care of populations across the lifespan (infants/children, adolescents, adults, older adults, and women’s health). This course will also address issues of development using a bio-psycho-social framework to examine the historical, cultural, biological, physiological, psychological, and social aspects of health across the lifespan. The course emphasis is on gaining the knowledge necessary to prevent, diagnose, and manage primary care health problems across the lifespan. Topics pertaining to practice management, career development, and legal and ethical issues will be explored and applied to primary care.
NURS 775S is a corequisite for NURS 775, both the lecture and clinical courses must be taken concurrently. If a student must withdraw from the lecture course, the student must also withdraw from the corequisite clinical course.
Note: Failure in NURS 775 (grade less than B-) results in repeating NURS 775 and NURS 775S. (4 credits didactic; 2 credits clinical: 250 hours)
NURS 775S is a corequisite for NURS 775, both the lecture and clinical courses must be taken concurrently. If a student must withdraw from the lecture course, the student must also withdraw from the corequisite clinical course.
Note: Failure in NURS 775 (grade less than B-) results in repeating NURS 775 and NURS 775S. (4 credits didactic; 2 credits clinical: 250 hours)
Instruction Modes
In-Person On-Campus
Grade Modes
Standard (S)
Department(s)
College/School
School of Nursing
Start Term
Fall 2023 Semester
Objective
1. Utilize electronic databases and current technologies appropriate to delivering care to populations across the lifespan.
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2. Employ evidence based practice scholarship to provide equitable care.
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3. Identify systems issues, organizational structures and practices integral in the assessment of patients across the lifespan aimed at improving health outcomes of patients and populations.
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4. Demonstrate collaboration within the interprofessional team to develop and evaluate plans of care with evidence-based, person-centered care principles promoting quality and safety outcomes.
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5. Develop leadership skills to establish and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with interprofessional teams.
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6. Demonstrate leadership through effective communication skills and collaborative relationships with patients, families and interprofessional teams.
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7. Identify policies and practices and that promote social justice and health equity.
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8. Demonstrate skills in assessing patient's health and well being using a person centered approach to diagnose and create management plans that focus on health promotion, disease preventions and risk reduction across the lifespan.