NURS 5460

This course focuses on theoretical and evidence-informed knowledge and skills related to health promotion, illness prevention, and therapeutic management of episodic and chronic health conditions common to primary care practice across the lifespan. The provision of primary care health services will be enacted through the lens of primary health care, an ethic of social justice, and intercultural understanding, with an emphasis on the integration of primary care knowledge and skills with the "value-added" attributes of nurse practitioner practice. This course includes a preceptor-guided clinical practice component of 225 hours that will afford students the opportunity to extend and build on skills obtained in NURS 5450, while introducing the opportunity to focus on women’s health and pediatrics. Mental health will be integrated for all ages identified previously.