NURS 551 - Differential Diagnosis And Primary Care Of Young And Middle Adults

Credit(s): 3
This course provided the knowledge for health care planning and delivery of care for young and middle adults, ages 18-60 and across diverse populations. This course uses evidence-based guidelines and research findings in primary care to provide the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention anticipatory guidance, counseling, and disease management and/or health restoration. Emphasis is placed on developing patient-centered cultural sensitivity to variations in health care needs of diverse populations. Includes primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention; risk analysis, management, referral, and measures to improve health status. Integration of pathophysiology and assessment findings to diagnose and treat common and complex clinical problems is presented. This course presents concepts of life-long learning related to young and middle adults.

Course Level: Graduate