Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN)

This course explores theoretical perspectives on individuals’ health within the family system, emphasizing vulnerable and underserved populations. Societal-level patterns of aging are investigated, including issues affecting family systems at the national and global levels. Family assessment, human development, and life transitions theory are introduced to prepare students to provide anticipatory guidance and advance care planning. Family responses to and coping mechanisms associated with acute, chronic, and terminal illness are scrutinized. Principles of cultural competence and leadership/change agency are explored.

This course presents the principles of primary care, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention for both the pregnant and non-pregnant woman. Pathophysiologic alterations are addressed as well as developmental stages, family, cultural, and societal influences. Primary care management of common health problems of adult women is also discussed. Students develop increased clinical reasoning skills with the goal of managing the female patient in the ambulatory care setting.

This course presents the principles of primary care, emphasizing health promotion, and disease prevention for the child from birth to adolescence. Pathophysiologic alterations will be addressed as well as developmental stages, family, cultural, and societal influences. Primary care management of common health problems of children will be discussed. Students will develop increased clinical reasoning skills with the goal of managing the pediatric patient in the ambulatory care setting.