NUR 656 - Primary Care II for the Advanced Practice Nurse

Credits 2
Requirements: Pre-reqs: NUR 557, 558
Building on the student’s prior knowledge of adult primary care management of short-term acute illness and acute exacerbations of chronic health problems, students expand and extend their knowledge of increasingly complex diagnostic and patient management issues that the advance practice nurse addresses in clinical practice. Current standards of practice and advanced practice nursing interventions are used to promote health, assess and reduce risk, and guide adults who are experiencing acute illness or acute exacerbations of chronic illness through the health care experience in primary care settings. Course development was guided by the NONPF Competencies (2006), NONPF -Primary Care Competencies in Specialty Areas: Adult (2002) and the advanced practice standards of the ANA (2004) Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

Graded