NURS 680 Advanced Health/Physical Assessment - FNP

This course expands the principles and techniques of physical assessment specific to the role of the advanced practice nurse. The course provides a foundation for the student to evaluate the health of individuals and families across the lifespan. Theory and research-based methodologies and skills will be incorporated to assist the student in the comprehensive assessment of individuals, including advanced communication skills, such as clinical interviewing and focused history taking, review of systems, psychosocial and physical assessment, critical diagnostic reasoning, clinical decision making, and documentation of findings. Emphasis is placed on the utilization of assessment findings in clinical decision making from a targeted system work up leading to differential diagnosis/diagnoses. Analysis of assessment data based on developmental and cultural variation is included.