NRSG 6220  - NP Assessment/DX Reasoning

Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

This course allows students to transition into the role of the nurse practitioner through practice of clinically relevant activities such as a comprehensive holistic health history, use of motivational interviewing, a systematic physical assessment, and critical reasoning to determine appropriate differential diagnoses. Classroom student learning activities, nursing practice lab, and select standardized patient encounters are used to present and practice physical assessment and diagnostic reasoning for nurse practitioner (NP) patient-centered care. Students focus weekly on a body system and incorporate assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills for patients across the lifespan. NP students use a systematic critical thinking approach to diagnostic reasoning and assessment competency.
Pre-requisite(s): Faculty permission.