Advanced Nursing Assessment

This is a Level 1 course in the DNP program. Further develops and integrates the health assessment competencies of interviewing, performing and documenting comprehensive and episodic health histories and physical examinations. Students will identify risk factors, incorporate health promotion and disease prevention strategies, formulate differential diagnoses and begin treatment plans for acute and chronic illnesses. Techniques in physical examination, performance exams and utilization of virtual patients are integrated in a lab practicum.