NURS 622 - Advanced Practice Nursing of Older Adults

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Two hours lecture and three hours practicum/week.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and undergraduate gerontological nursing course or continuing education in gerontology.
The emphasis is on holistic assessment of older adults and their families; health promotion, protection and restoration; multidisciplinary health care planning along the continuum of care; and health care services and systems for older adults. The practicum provides opportunities to translate theory into advanced practice nursing for older adults.