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NURS 739

Adv. Practice for Ped/Adol Acute & Critical Care Settings

Catalog2026-2027
Credits1-13 units
LevelGraduate
Standard

Overview

Description

Application of advanced health assessment, diagnostic reasoning, decision making and collaborative management of patients with complex critical health problems, utilizing advanced technology and diagnostics.

Requirements

Prerequisites

NURS 731
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): NURS 731.

Units

Internship Practicum1

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Spring

Terms

spring

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • obtain a thorough and efficient history guided by diagnostic reasoning.
  • perform advanced physical exams guided by diagnostic reasoning.
  • use clinical judgement to formulate relevant differential diagnoses and arrive at most likely diagnosis.
  • manage screening and diagnostic exams for individualized patients and/or populations.
  • prescribe evidence-based pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions within scope of practice.
  • create comprehensive advanced practice treatment plans.
  • integrate evidence-based knowledge and/or skills from current and previous coursework to optimize patient outcomes.
  • demonstrate professional growth to develop a sustainable progression towards advanced practice leadership capacity.
  • manage care across settings.
  • use therapeutic communication across settings.