Emphasis is placed on assessment, management, and clinical decision-making. Current trends in practice and research findings in the management of healthy women are analyzed and evaluated. Strategies for assessing, interviewing, and providing care in ambulatory care settings are provided. This course is a supervised clinical practicum with special populations. Variable clinical hours per week.
Courses involve both classroom content and clinical practicums.
Clinical practicums involve 4 to 10 hours per week during regular working hours. There is also work involved in preparation for class, clinical and for class assignments. N254 is an intensive practicum that involves additional hours of clinical, depending on the clinical placement setting and the students' goals for completion time. There may also be clinical conferences associated with the practicum. Clinical placements are selected to give students a broad exposure to health care of women.