NP 660 - Adult Gerontology Acute Care Theories for Advanced Practice I

Co-requisite:  NP 661

Assignment Overview

• Assignments: Varied throughout the term
• Interactivity: Discussion Forums
• Final Assessment: None

• Use ethical principles when making decisions based on the patient visit.
• Discuss health care for complex acute, critical and chronically ill patients incorporating ethical, legal, cultural, economic, political and psychosocial principles.
• Demonstrate appropriate and effective oral and written communication with complex acute, critical and chronically ill adults, their families, and other health care professionals.
• Integrates teaching and learning principles and environmental data in providing culturally humble care and developing the role of the adult geriatric acute care nurse practitioner as health educator.
• Illustrate the elements of developmentally appropriate comprehensive and focused health histories and physical examinations for complex acute, critical and chronically ill patients.
• Use current research related to diagnostic and treatment protocols to improve the delivery of health care to individuals 18-60.
• Interpret the effectiveness of interventions and care management strategies in improving the health status of individuals. 
• Apply research, adaptation and related theories to develop management plans for health promotion, disease prevention, and stable chronic illnesses.