2021-2022 Graduate Catalog

NU 770 Advanced Care of Special Populations

This clinical course is designed to enable the doctoral student to refine and expand the skills necessary to care for vulnerable and disenfranchised populations.  This course focuses on the complex management of health care problems experienced by special populations across the lifespan.  The student will examine health disparities and the burden of disease within social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental contexts using a systematic, multidisciplinary approach.  Emphasis in role development is placed on effecting change and integration of the multiple roles for advanced practice nurses in an interdisciplinary, integrated health system.

Credits

3