2018-2019 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 18, 2024  
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NU 650 - Advanced CNS Nursing Practice II


This course focuses on the nursing process elements of assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, intervention, and evaluation. Using a holistic orientation, the student will work in partnership with the patient/client/family/community in designing a plan of care for health promotion, health maintenance, disease prevention and illness/injury management. The student will utilize the Roy Adaptation Model to identify and differentiate between disease-based and non-disease based etiologies. The student will be expected to achieve the competencies and outcomes of this influence as well as demonstrate the four essential characteristics of the CNS. Legal and ethical issues of advanced practice will also be explored. The student will develop competence in this sphere through preceptorship with a CNS as well as through weekly seminars.

Prerequisites: NU 500 , NU 510 , NU 550 , NU 531 , NU 540 , NU 610 
Three hours seminar per week, one hundred fifty hours of practicum, one semester. 3 credits