This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to apply knowledge from previous family nurse practitioner courses to advanced primary care nursing of individuals and families across the life span. The focus of the course is on the application of the nursing process in the differentiation and therapeutic management of stable chronic health problems encountered by family nurse practitioners in the primary health care setting. Emphasis is on the integration of advanced nursing concepts and pharmacokinetic principles in the care of individuals and families.
Core content includes stress and coping, adaptation, pain management, and grief and loss.