The practicum course guides the student in a synthesis of content from nursing and related sciences and allows for the application of this knowledge to the role of the nurse practitioner in the emergency setting. Students will advance their proficiency in caring for patients that present across the lifespan and across acuity levels.
Prerequisite: Advanced Pathophysiology, Advanced Pharmacology and Advanced Health Assessment across the Lifespan.
Outcomes: 1) Apply evidence-based practice strategies to assess and diagnose patients across the lifespan and across acuity levels that present with emergency/urgent conditions; 2) Implement management strategies in the treatment of patients in the emergency department setting; 3) Analyze the ethical, legal, and policy issues impacting advanced practice nursing care of patients that present in an emergency/urgent care setting; 4) Implement proficiency in procedural skills relevant to the evaluation, stabilization, resuscitation, and treatment of the patient in the emergency setting; 5) Integrate the appropriate use of consultation, collaboration, and referral to appropriate health care providers into management of patients in an emergency/urgent care setting.
Prerequisite: Advanced Pathophysiology, Advanced Pharmacology and Advanced Health Assessment across the Lifespan.
Outcomes: 1) Apply evidence-based practice strategies to assess and diagnose patients across the lifespan and across acuity levels that present with emergency/urgent conditions; 2) Implement management strategies in the treatment of patients in the emergency department setting; 3) Analyze the ethical, legal, and policy issues impacting advanced practice nursing care of patients that present in an emergency/urgent care setting; 4) Implement proficiency in procedural skills relevant to the evaluation, stabilization, resuscitation, and treatment of the patient in the emergency setting; 5) Integrate the appropriate use of consultation, collaboration, and referral to appropriate health care providers into management of patients in an emergency/urgent care setting.