4.00 Credits
Focuses on the adult and older adult, family, and community with critical and/or complex health problems with a patient centered approach to nursing care. Emphasizes the relationships among clinical manifestations of disease states, treatment, cultural influences and associated nursing responsibilities. Focuses on utilizing their knowledge base of diagnostics, pharmacology, interventions, and rehabilitation needs through critical reasoning to plan the care of patients with critical and/or complex health problems. Emphasizes the incorporation of evidence-based practice interventions into nursing practice.