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2014-2015 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

NUR 658 - Management of Chronic Illness Phenomenon

Credits 2
Requirements: Pre-reqs: NUR 656, 657
Expand and extend the adult nurse practitioner student’s knowledge of complex diagnostic and patient management issues in caring for people with chronic illness. Emphasis is placed on theoretical foundations, expanded clinical knowledge, complex advanced practice nursing interventions, health promotion, the human response to chronic illness and the analysis of the socio/political/economic impact on chronic illness management. Students complete a capstone project that involves planning an intervention that integrates knowledge of health promotion and the human response to illness and an analysis of the socio/political/economic impact on chronic illness management. Course development was guided by the National Organization of Nurses Practitioner Faculty (2006) NONPF Competencies, NONPF (2002) Primary Care Competencies in Specialty Areas:Adult and the American Nurses (2004) Nursing:Scope and Standards of Practice.
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