Theoretical bases for exercising leadership roles and the relationship to role theory and development is explained. NURS 640 Special Topic. NURS 642 Advanced Health Assessment . Students have the opportunity to develop and refine technical skills, critical thinking, and diagnostic reasoning in performing accurate comprehensive health assessments. Students perform health histories, physical examinations, and selected laboratory and radiographic tests.
Emphasis is on distinguishing normal variants from pathological changes.
NURS 650 Policies and Strategies for Health Care Delivery. The focus of this course is on health policy and the role of the health professionals in the development, implementation, and influence on advanced health care delivery. The effects of theories and research on health policy, health care programs, priorities of health care, source and numbers of providers, health care research, and funding sources will be addressed. Family Nurse Practitioner I. Study of the major concepts and therapies necessary to implement the FNP role in primary health care. Emphasis is on analysis and application of research, theories, health policy, and clinical skills essential to health promotion, disease prevention, and early detection and management of health problems across the life span.