Course Title: NRSG 651 FNP Diagnosis & Management I

Credits: 3

Semester Offered: Fall

Prerequisites: NRSG 601, NRSG 602, NRSG 603, NRSG 604, NRSG 605, NRSG 607

Degree: DNP

AACN Core Competencies for Advanced-Level Nursing Education: 1.3e, 2.4f, 2.5i, 2.6i, 2.5f, 3.3c, 4.2f

MRJCON DNP Program Learning Outcome: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10

 

Course Description:

This graduate nursing course focuses on comprehensive assessment, intervention, and preventative care for midlife families in primary health care settings. Recognizing and valuing the holistic nature of individuals within families, this course will include content on the physiological, pathophysiological, psychological, developmental, sociocultural, and spiritual primary health care needs of midlife families.

Catalog Description:

This graduate course focuses on comprehensive assessment, intervention, and preventive care for midlife families in primary health care settings. Using a holistic framework, this course includes physiological, pathophysiological, psychological, developmental, sociocultural, and spiritual primary health content for midlife families.

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon completing this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Formulate healthcare strategies, guided by identified concepts and perspectives, for treatment, health promotion, and preventive primary care of midlife patients.
  2. Manage common acute and chronic physical and mental illnesses.
  3. Consider cost, safety, effectiveness, and alternatives when orgering diagnostics or proposing changes in care.
  4. Discussion techniques for sensitive issues such as: suicide prevention, self-injury, sexually related issues, substance use or abuse, risk taking behavior.

Exemplars of Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Discussion regarding opiod and substance use/ abuse (CLO 1-4)
  2. Applies clinical investigative skills, national screening guidelines/ evidence based clinical guidelines to develop a plan of care. (CLO 1,2,3,4)
  3. Case studies and group discussions regarding common health care problems in midlife patients (CLO 1-3)

AACN Competencies [AACN Essentials, 2021]

This course introduces:

2.5i Develop evidence-based strategies to prevent or reduce adverse outcomes.

3.3e Analyze cost benefit-based diagnostics and interventions.

This course develops:

1.3e Further develops critcial analysis of the current and emerging evidence that influences practice.

2.4f Employ context driven reasoning to the diagnostic and decision-making process.

2.6i Learn current and emerging evidence to the development of care guidelines/ tools.

This course advances:

2.5f Demonstrate rational for plan

4.2f Use diverse sources of evidence to inform practice

Curricular Threads addressed in this course:

    • Equity and Inclusion
    • Diversity
    • Cultural Sensitivity 
    • Social Determinants of Health
    • Communication
    • Ethics
    • Clinical Judgement
    • Mental Health

 

Recommended Content: 

Health promotion and screening, vaccines, substance abuse, common acute and chronic medical issues pertaining to mid-life, obesity, mental health.

Recommended Clinical Experiences/ Sites: N/A

 

Approved by GAAC: 12/1/23

Apprived by Faculty; 12/13/23