NURS 7550 - Residency I

(4) Credit Hours

This is the first of two residency practicums and is designed to provide experiential learning by applying and integrating the roles of the adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner that students have learned in their previous two practicum courses. By the end of this Residency each student must be able to demonstrate competence in pathophysiology, diagnoses, and therapeutic management of episodic and chronic problems found in the adult and geriatric populations of the acute care setting.300 clinical clock hoursPrerequisites: NURS 7100, NURS 7120, NURS 7110, NURS 7240, NURS 7510, NURS 7530, NURS 7540 or Director approval.Only open to Nurse Practitioner D.N.P. students.Differential Course Fee will be assessed.