Supporting audiovisual materials are encouraged, including those available from the School of Nursing as well as those developed by the student. Students are to choose an area of nurse practitioner-based patient management related to their clinical practice at the internship site. The area may reflect either a health or illness state. Research supporting protocols will be reviewed and presented, contrasting opposing specialty practice standards. For example, extensive patient care protocols have been developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality .
Students are to choose which protocol they plan to follow and defend the choice.
Issues of informed consent and risk reduction are to be addressed. A scholarly paper using APA format is to be written. A webboard has been developed for this course. Each student is to log on as new to the webboard and follow the directions to obtain an ID and a password. The purpose of the webboard in this course is to be a communication tool for focused discussions during the semester between the instructor and all of the members of the class.