This introductory course is designed to prepare nurse practitioner students to offer informed and compassionate palliative and end of life care to pediatric patients and families in a variety of settings. Pediatric palliative care will be explored both as a philosophy and as a system of service provision.

Clinical Seminar in Primary Care Across the Adult Lifespan I is designed to provide the AGNP student an academic environment in which students share their practicum experience and present case studies and journal articles for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references.

Clinical Seminar in Primary Care Across the Adult Lifespan II is designed to provide the AGNP student an academic environment in which students share their practicum experience and present case studies and journal articles for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references.

This course is designed to provide the AGNP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references. Incorporated into the seminar is ongoing discussion, review, and assessment of the final project.

The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide opportunity for students to acquire skills in assessment, decision making and management of care for adults with a variety of episodic and long-term health problems. The roles of the Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner are applied in clinical settings that include ambulatory care facilities, community health centers, diagnostic and screening centers, and acute care settings.

This course provides a systematic overview of a comprehensive interdisciplinary geriatric assessment. This course highlights the unique physical and psychosocial issues that impact the older adult. Emphasis is placed on functional assessment and the holistic approach to providing care to older adults.

A triad model for comprehensive learning is utilized within the Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner program, consisting of a didactic component, clinical practicum component, and a practicum seminar component. Diagnosis and Management in Primary Care Across the Adult Lifespan I, II, and III consists of the didactic portion of this triad, where the student will grow longitudinally by increasing their synthesis and depth of knowledge across three semesters. Using a systems approach, this course will emphasize the importance of current health promotion, disease prevention, and screening guidelines, and will extensively study the differential diagnosis and comprehensive healthcare management of integrated physical and mental health problems as they affect individuals across the adult lifespan. For each physical system studied, the role of the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN), evaluation techniques (including recommended tests of choice and screening tools), diagnostic findings (for prevention, as well as diagnosis and management), and multi-modal management tools specific to adolescents (as defined by the state board of nursing), young adults, adults, and geriatric populations will be highlighted. Emphasis will be placed on the age-specific biopsychosocial (including cultural and ethnic competencies) variables influencing those health problems and behaviors, and barriers to health promotion and disease prevention, which are most likely to present, and most amenable to management in a primary care setting.

This course focuses on the development of a fundamental knowledge base for the assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients presenting for sexual and reproductive healthcare in primary care settings. Topics include the most common sexual and reproductive health maintenance issues and challenges across the life cycle. This course include an overview of deviations from sexual and reproductive well-being that are within the scope of practice of the advanced practice nurse practitioner and identifies conditions that require collaborative management and/or referral. A simulation lab session concurrent to the course enhances and grounds the didactic experience.

This clinical practicum builds upon the principles is designed to develop clinical proficiency of the adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner student. The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide opportunity for students to acquire skills in assessment, decision-making and management of care for adults with a variety of episodic and long-term health problems.

This clinical practicum builds upon the principles is designed to develop clinical proficiency of the adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner student. The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide opportunity for students to acquire skills in assessment, decision-making and management of care for adults with a variety of episodic and long-term health problems.

This course focuses on the essential technology and procedures utilized in the management of the critically ill that is inherent to the role of this nurse practitioner. During laboratory/clinical experiences psychomotor skills and the use of advanced technologies for the nurse practitioner will be developed along with the skill of oral/written presentation of select patients.

Individualized, guided learning experiences at the graduate level in a selected area of concentration. The area of concentration selected should reflect both the role of the clinical specialist / nurse practitioner and the student’s specific interests. Proposed work must be outlined prior to registration and agreed upon by both faculty and student. A project report is required.

The student is introduced to the signs, symptoms and DSM-5 classification of psychiatric disorders across the lifespan. Special emphasis is placed upon the ability of the student to conduct and record a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation to American Psychiatric Association (APA) standards in conjunction with instruction provided in the clinical practicum.

This practicum is designed to provide an opportunity for students to learn how to interview psychiatric patients in order to formulate and record a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation.

Clinical Seminar in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care is designed to provide the AG-ACNP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies and journal articles for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organize forma. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references.

This course will provide an opportunity for the student to synthesize and integrate the knowledge obtained in Diagnosis and Management of the Acutely Ill Adult II. This is the second clinical practicum for the student to evaluate and manage adult patients in an acute care setting. Students will be expected to demonstrate their ability to evaluate and manage the patient through the techniques of history taking, physical examination, medical decision-making, coordination of appropriate care using a holistic approach, and collaboration with the medical team. The student should demonstrate progressive independence in the management of patients.

Clinical Seminar in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care is designed to provide the AG-ACNP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies and journal articles for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references.

This course will provide an opportunity to synthesize and integrate the advanced practice knowledge and skills acquired through all previous didactic and clinical coursework.  Students will be expected to do clinical case presentations, manage a group of patients of varying diagnoses and variability of acuity, and practice with increasing independence in the acute care advanced practice role. 

Credits increased from 4 to 5, effective Spring 2021.

Clinical Seminar in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care is designed to provide the AG-ACNP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies and journal articles for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organize forma. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references.

This course will provide an opportunity to synthesize and integrate the advanced practice knowledge and skills acquired through all previous didactic and clinical coursework.  Students will be expected to do clinical case presentations, manage a group of patients of varying diagnoses and variability of acuity, and practice with increasing independence in the acute care advanced practice role. (Previously offered for 4 credits.)

The professional role of the nurse anesthetist will be examined through discussions, writings / presentations and clinical observation. Standards of care, patient safety and legal considerations will be emphasized.

This course will examine the professional role of the nurse anesthetist through discussions and writings/presentations. Current topics in health care delivery, reimbursement, politics, and policy as they relate to nurse anesthesia will be emphasized.

This course will provide an opportunity to synthesize and integrate the advanced practice knowledge and skills acquired through previous didactic and clinical coursework.  The focus is on modeling the processes of knowledge acquisition and evaluation, clinical inference, and clinical decision-making that the ACNP will employ once in independent practice.  The role of the ACNP will be explored with regard to ethical issues, legal implications of practice, professionalism, board certification, and licensure. This course should be taken concurrently with the integration practicum course 8823.

This course presents an in-depth examination of childhood cancers. Content includes etiology, epidemiology, diagnostic and treatment modalities, side effects of therapy, emergencies, clinical management, long-term survival, and terminal illness. The course provides a framework of advanced practice for the pediatric oncology clinical nurse specialist and pediatric nurse practitioner in oncology.