NURS 646 Adv. Health Assessment

Students develop comprehensive and age-appropriate holistic health assessment knowledge and skills within the context of advanced nursing practice including collection of physical, psychological, cultural, functional, spiritual, and psychosocial data. Students develop diagnostic reasoning and clinical problem-solving skills including formulating differential diagnosis, ordering, and interpreting common diagnostic tests, and documenting findings. All participants engage in actual practice with fellow students, standardized patients, and simulation. (Course fee applies).