NURS 601 FNP Bridge Course

This course is a bridge course for the RN who is seeking a degree in the Masters of Science in Nursing program, Family Nurse Practitioner track. This course is designed to provide an in-depth introduction to information systems and technologies that support practice and improve patient care and outcomes. Students develop an understanding of relationships between patient care and information/data issues involved in clinical practice, in addition to examining informatics issues within complex healthcare systems. This course requires synthesis of information gathered from previous core courses with application to actual case studies from a healthcare practitioner perspective. The students will review family theory, and professional and legal issues related to advanced practice nursing, including nurse practitioner scope of practice, outpatient documentation, and billing.