Provides opportunity to gain skills in the provision of advance practice nursing care to women across the lifespan who experience acute or chronic illness, gynecological disorders, pregnancy, or reproductive changes with clinical supervision. Focuses on competency in skills to obtain and conduct a comprehensive and/or problem-focused examination, select and analyze appropriate screening and/or diagnostic tests, conduct clinical assessment, identify diagnoses, and develop a management and evaluation plan for issues relevant to women’s health across the lifespan. Students refine the provision of health promotion and disease prevention. Exploration of evidence- based practice in the form of the evaluation of research and other forms of evidence, and integration into practice. Exploration of the development of multidisciplinary relationships within the clinical setting. Legislative, cultural, economic, rural, and ethical issues which impact the provision of care will be explored. Prerequisites: NURS 500, 510, 520, 530, 561, 561A
Corequisites: NURS 562, 562A, 564, 566, 580