NURS 6105 - Rural Primary Care I

The purpose of this course is to introduce the dynamic roles of the advanced nurse practitioner and nurse educator. The focus is on advanced health promotion and disease prevention with rural and medically underserved populations. This course builds upon basic knowledge in the health, physical, and social sciences; especially health assessment and clinical nursing practice, theory, and research. Integration of health promotion, risk reduction, and anticipatory guidance in the assessment, diagnosis, management and education of common health problems as identified in Healthy People 2020. Clinical experiences will occur in a variety of settings with emphasis on adults in rural and underserved areas.

Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: NURS 6020, NURS 6031

Corequisite: NURS 6010

Hours:
5