Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum II: Expanding Clinical Reasoning
** available as of 06/15/2026
** available as of 06/15/2026
Pre or corequisite: GNUR 401 or GNUR 414
Building upon foundational skills and competencies, this practicum focuses on advancing clinical reasoning and expanding diagnostic and management capabilities of primary care patients across the lifespan. Students will refine management of common health conditions and collaborate to begin caring for patients with increasingly complex healthcare needs. Students will continue incorporating health promotion and disease prevention strategies while integrating evidence-based practice.
Outcomes: Justify clinical decision-making in the formulation of differential diagnoses; Implement evidence-based therapeutic plans for primary care conditions, considering patient preferences, socio-economic, and cultural contexts; Order diagnostic tests aligned with patient presentations; Engage in shared decision-making with patients and families to promote health, self-care management, and health literacy; Apply principles of patient care coordination and referral for continuity of care across the healthcare continuum; Implement interventions to promote health with at-risk families.
Building upon foundational skills and competencies, this practicum focuses on advancing clinical reasoning and expanding diagnostic and management capabilities of primary care patients across the lifespan. Students will refine management of common health conditions and collaborate to begin caring for patients with increasingly complex healthcare needs. Students will continue incorporating health promotion and disease prevention strategies while integrating evidence-based practice.
Outcomes: Justify clinical decision-making in the formulation of differential diagnoses; Implement evidence-based therapeutic plans for primary care conditions, considering patient preferences, socio-economic, and cultural contexts; Order diagnostic tests aligned with patient presentations; Engage in shared decision-making with patients and families to promote health, self-care management, and health literacy; Apply principles of patient care coordination and referral for continuity of care across the healthcare continuum; Implement interventions to promote health with at-risk families.