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Graduate Catalog-Handbook 2014-2015 
    
Graduate Catalog-Handbook 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NURS 578 - Acute/Emergent Care III


This course provides the nurse practitioner student with clinical experience in order to develop and refine the knowledge and skills needed to deliver acute/critical care to adult clients within the context of acute care and gerontology. Emphasis is placed upon the student’s increasing independence in the application and provisions of evidenced based clinical decision making, problem identification and management, health promotion, and client & family education and counseling.
Prerequisites: NURS 501 , NURS 502 , NURS 503 , NURS 504 , NURS 505 , NURS 520 , NURS 521 , NURS 522 , NURS 576 , NURS 577  (Corequisite: NURS 579 )
5 credit hours
(5 credit hours practicum = 250 hours clinical)