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NURSE 5564W
Primary Health Care Of Women
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This course is designed to prepare the woman's health nurse practitioner student to manage the primary health care of women. This course will focus on the etiology, symptomatology, diagnosis and management of gynecologic and non-gynecologic primary health care problems throughout the lifespan. Emphasis will be placed on caring for women within a holistic framework and recognizing how the changing roles of women in today's society can affect their lives and their health status. Concepts, theories and evidence-based practice related to health promotion, health maintenance and restoration, illness prevention and collaboration will be addressed. Core content: differential diagnosis, management, adherence, anticipatory guidance, patient/family education, adaptation and crisis, legal and professional issues, standards of practice, and advanced practice role competencies. This course will consist of three credit hours of didactic/discussion and two credit hours of clinical practice for a minimum of 165 hours in the clinical setting. Prerequisites: NURSE 5526, NURSE 5547W, NURSE 5548, NURSE 5550 & pre/co-requisite: NURSE 5549
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Faculty:
School of Nursing & Health Studies
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Department:
Nursing General
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