Description
This course focuses on clients diagnosed with chronic conditions across the lifespan (infants/children, adolescents, adults, older adults, and women’s health). The course will also emphasize women’s health and the aging adult. This course uses a bio-psycho-social framework to examine the historical, cultural, biological, physiological, psychological, and social aspects of women and the aging adult. Topics pertaining to practice management, career development, and legal and ethical issues will be explored and applied to primary care.
NURS 777S is a corequisite for NURS 777, 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 777 (grade less than B) results in repeating NURS 777 and NURS 777S.
(4 credits didactic; 2 credits clinical: 250 hours)
NURS 777S is a corequisite for NURS 777, 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 777 (grade less than B) results in repeating NURS 777 and NURS 777S.
(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. Evaluate evidence-based protocols utilizing information technologies appropriate for health care delivery, advocacy and education.
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2. Analyze evidence-based practice scholarship to provide equitable care.
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3. Analyze 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. Collaborate 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. Model leadership skills to establish and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with interprofessional teams.
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6. Develop leadership through effective communication skills and collaborative relationships with patients, families and interprofessional teams.
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7. Advocate policies and practices that promote social justice and health equity.
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8. Design and implement evidence-based clinical prevention strategies that are person-centered and culturally responsive to promote health, prevent disease and reduce risk among individuals and populations at the local, national, and global levels.