NRSG 6230 - FNP Patient Care Lab

Credits: (2)
Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $395.00
Course Fee Purpose: Course fees are used for the purchase of task trainers, lab supplies, teaching technology, and maintenance and supplies of nurse practitioner exam rooms.
Description: This laboratory skill course provides opportunities for nurse practitioner (NP) students to learn and practice a variety of essential ambulatory care skills for patients across the lifespan. There is a focus on women’s health and pediatric healthcare conditions. Students attend skills lab weekly for instruction from interprofessional peers and nurse practitioner faculty. NP students acquire knowledge of skill performance, diagnostic and objective information for conditions requiring procedures, management strategies, patient education, and ICD-10 & CPT billing and coding instruction for common health care issues.