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Aug 17, 2025
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NP 621 - Primary Care Practicum: Older Adult
This course serves as a companion course to NP 620 - Family Theory: Older Adult and consists of two components, a clinical practicum (200 - 240 hours with an approved preceptor), and an online seminar. In this course the student will apply course content from NP 620 to the care of adults, families and communities in late adulthood, including refining skills in the performance of a comprehensive health status assessment, development of differential diagnoses, planning, health promotion and care management of patients with complex chronic health issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites - NP 618 and NP 619
NP 620 can be a prerequisite or a corequisite
Assignment Overview
- Assignments: Varied throughout the term
- Interactivity: Discussion Boards
- Final Assessment: None
Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Uses ethical principles when making decisions based on the patient visit.
- Uses interprofessional communication to collaborate with other disciplines to achieve positive patient outcomes.
- Demonstrates an advanced level of communication skills in patient evaluations in the direct care setting.
- Applies knowledge of culturally humble care concepts to the care of patients across the lifespan.
- Demonstrates an advanced level of skill in using healthcare data bases, electronic health records and medical apps in patient evaluations in the direct care setting.
- Applies knowledge of anatomy, physiology, disease processes and evidence based research for an in depth clinical evaluation of the patient across the lifespan.
- Demonstrates safety in care of patients across the lifespan.
- Demonstrates an advanced level of understanding in patient evaluations in the direct care setting.
Credits: 3
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