N 581 - Advanced Practice Nursing I Preceptorship Experience

3 Credits

This first supervised preceptorship experience is aimed to provide students with an opportunity to synthesize and apply advanced practice nursing skills in assessment, diagnosis, and management of care of adolescents, adults, and older adults with stable, chronic, and acute diseases in the primary care setting. Graduate students will function under the mentorship, guidance, and in collaboration with the preceptor. Graduate students build knowledge, competency, and skills within the APRN overarching competency areas: 1) scientific foundation, 2) leadership, 3) quality, 4) practice inquiry, 5) technology and information literacy, 6) policy, 7) health delivery system, 8) ethics, and 9) independent practice.

This course requires 135 precepted clinical hours.
Prerequisites: N 580