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Aug 18, 2025
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NP 631 - Adult Gerontological Primary Care NP Practicum
This course serves as a companion course to NP 630 and consists of two components, a clinical practicum (200-240 hours with an approved preceptor) and an online seminar. The diagnostic reasoning skills needed for clinical decision making in the advanced practice role are emphasized, including refining skills in the performance of a comprehensive health status assessment, development of differential diagnoses, planning, health promotion and care management of adolescent and young adult patients with stable chronic and minor acute health issues.
Prerequisites: all MSN Core course, NP 600, NP 612, and NP 613. Can have as a co-requisite NP 630.
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 skill in using healthcare data bases, electronic health records and medical apps in patient evaluations in the direct care setting.
- 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.
- 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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