Wayne State University s graduate programs are ranked among the best in the nation as is the College of Nursing. WSU alumni comprise 23-percent of all working nurses in metropolitan Detroit. The focus of this major prepares the nurse for advanced practice in the care of the physically-ill adult. Primary care includes the assumption of accessible, accountable, comprehensive, coordinated first contact care as well as longitudinal management. Designed to prepare the nurse for advanced practice in community health nursing, the course focus is on the assessment of health needs of aggregates, populations and communities, and theory-based development and evaluation of programs.
Emphasis is placed on partnerships and collaboration with communities and organizations.
This area of study prepares an advanced practice nurse in primary care of the elderly. The gerontological nurse practitioner s practice is assumed to be accessible, accountable, comprehensive, collaborative and coordinated first-contact care as well as longitudinal management. Students gain expertise in several modalities of psychotherapy as they prepare for advanced practice as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Knowledge of biological, neurobiological, pharmacological and physiological domains is reviewed in depth to allow the practitioner to conduct comprehensive assessments and to utilize a range of psychological interventions. The goal of this program is to prepare advanced practice nurses who will promote the health and development of women, neonates and children as individuals and as population groups encountering changing health care systems within urban and global environments.