AG Acute Care NP Practicum II: Expanding Clinical Reasoning
** available as of 06/15/2026
** available as of 06/15/2026
Building upon foundational skills and competencies, this practicum focuses on advancing clinical reasoning and expanding diagnostic and management capabilities for middle adolescent, adult, and older adult acute care patients. Students will advance clinical reasoning and expand diagnostic and management skills for patients with increasingly complex episodic, critical, and complex illness and injury, as well as chronic disease exacerbations.
Outcomes: Justify clinical decision-making in the formulation of differential diagnoses for patients with episodic, critical, and complex illness and injury, as well as chronic disease exacerbations; Implement evidence-based therapeutic plans considering patient preferences, socio-economic, and cultural contexts; Order diagnostic tests aligned with patient presentations; Engage in shared decision-making with patients and caregivers to address risk behavior and promote self-care management, and health literacy; Apply principles of patient care coordination and transitions of care; Manage patients requiring emergent care, consultation, or referral.
Outcomes: Justify clinical decision-making in the formulation of differential diagnoses for patients with episodic, critical, and complex illness and injury, as well as chronic disease exacerbations; Implement evidence-based therapeutic plans considering patient preferences, socio-economic, and cultural contexts; Order diagnostic tests aligned with patient presentations; Engage in shared decision-making with patients and caregivers to address risk behavior and promote self-care management, and health literacy; Apply principles of patient care coordination and transitions of care; Manage patients requiring emergent care, consultation, or referral.