Courses

Designed to prepare an expert clinician in health assessment of patients within diverse settings and populations across the lifespan. Advanced content in history and interviewing processes, physical examination, and documentation of assessment findings are included. The clinical diagnostic process is emphasized.

To progress to this course, all previous coursework counting towards the graduate or doctoral nursing degree must be completed with a grade of “B” or better. This course presents advanced theoretical concepts of health assessment including interviewing and health history processes, physical examination, documentation of findings and clinical diagnostic judgments regarding the health care needs of vulnerable populations, communities and patients across the lifespan. Offered fall term only.

To progress to this course, all previous coursework counting towards the graduate or doctoral nursing degree must be completed with a grade of "B" or better. The purpose of this course is to provide the knowledge necessary to perform comprehensive history, physical, and psychological assessments of signs and symptoms, pathophysiologic changes, and psychosocial variations of the patient across the lifespan.

This course provides an opportunity for the advanced practice nurse to utilize theoretical and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to conduct a comprehensive and systematic assessment as a foundation for decision making in caring for patients across the lifespan.

This course focuses on the skills of assessment necessary for the master's prepared nurse and builds upon baccalaureate and professional practice knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and physical assessment and history-taking knowledge and skills.

The purpose of this course is designed to provide students with an advanced level of skill and knowledge in critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning. The focus is on conducting health assessments and planning care for patients across the lifespan. The emphasis of this course is on the integration of critical thinking, scientific ethics, human diversity, as well as the recognition of social issues in the care of and presentation of patients.

This course provides the nurse educator with theoretical and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for conducting a comprehensive and systematic assessment to inform decision-making in caring for clients across the lifespan.

This course provides the nurse educator with theoretical and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for conducting a comprehensive and systematic assessment to inform decision-making in caring for clients across the lifespan.

This clinical course introduces the roles of the advanced practice nurse in direct and indirect health services for assessment, health promotion, illness prevention, and health management of patients across the lifespan.

Completion of first and second semester of upper division courses. Enables students to integrate concepts in pathophysiology, health deviations, nursing interventions, laboratory tests, and pharmacology as these topics relate to populations at risk.