NURS 725P Primary Care V Practicum: Concentrated Primary Care and Specialty
This final clinical practicum course is the culminating practicum experience in the Doctor of Nursing Practice¿Family Nurse Practitioner program. The course emphasizes the integration of advanced knowledge, skills, and judgment in the holistic care of clients across the lifespan with complex, multi-system illnesses. Students will demonstrate competency in assessment, diagnosis, and management of diverse conditions, with a focus on applying evidence-based principles, laboratory and diagnostic proficiency, and advanced differential reasoning. Through the required 225 hours of preceptor-guided clinical experiences, students will refine their expertise in providing safe, ethical, and theory-informed primary care while preparing to transition into independent practice.
Prerequisites
3 Graduate credits
Effective May 7, 2026 to present
Learning outcomes
General
- Evaluate and synthesize patient data, laboratory/diagnostic results, and clinical findings across the lifespan to formulate differential diagnoses and evidence-based management plans for complex multi-system illnesses.
- Appraise and integrate social determinants of health, environmental exposures, and genomic information into advanced care plans to tailor preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic strategies for patients and families.
- Design, implement, and refine holistic, evidence-based, theory-informed treatment and follow-up plans (including pharmacologic, behavioral, integrative, and referral strategies) for clients across the lifespan with complex chronic comorbidities.
- Critique and lead continuous clinical performance improvement by evaluating patient outcomes, reflecting on care decisions, and translating findings into enhancements in practice within the family nurse practitioner role.