Apr 24, 2024  
2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1 
    
2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1

NSG 5541 Primary Care for Adults in Families Practicum


Lecture: 0 Lab: 0 Practica: 6 Total Credits: 6
This clinical course focuses on developing proficiency in basic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and the interpretation of the results. This clinical course covers the primary care management of healthy adults through the life span with a focus on health maintenance and disease prevention. It provides the student the skills and procedures necessary for the clinical management of selected clients. It focuses on evaluation and management of common acute and chronic adult health care problems. It is the second of three sequential courses that apply the nursing process through communication and assessment skills, interpreting findings, applying laboratory diagnostic methods, developing plans of care, and implementing nursing strategies to promote personal, cognitive, and physical health. The focus is on strategies for the young, middle and older adult in rural or underserved areas. This course is focused on disorders of the adult population and women’s health issues in middlescence and senescence.

Prerequisite(s): NSG 5110, NSG 5140, NSG 5240, NSG 5340, NSG 5341 or faculty consent
Co-requisite(s): NSG 5540