This course prepares the student to diagnose and manage the primary health care needs of adults. Primary health care needs include health promotion, health maintenance, acute, self-limiting minor illnesses and stable chronic diseases. I n a four-hour class each week, the student will focus on the clinical course of the patient problem, develop differential problem solving skills and determine appropriate management interventions. Management techniques will focus on practice of primary prevention, drug and treatment therapeutics, and referral to other health care providers. Traditional nursing strategies such as education, interpersonal communication, and counseling will continue to be stressed.
Case studies are the principal learning methodology.