Field Experience: Doctor of Nursing Practice I

This practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide the opportunity for students to apply knowledge of the diagnosis and management of patients with complex diagnoses and/or comorbid conditions who present with complex  diagnoses and comorbid and chronic conditions  in the context of family, community and culture and patients with acute changes in health status requiring interventions available only in an acute care setting. The clinical experience will emphasize principles of primary care  including integration, accessibility, accountability, and ethical decision making. Clinical sites include hospital based clinics, ambulatory centers, private offices,  the emergency room, acute/critical care units in the hospital setting and  settings that provide hospice care, home care, nursing home care, rehabilitative care and assisted living services.