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Course Listings 1058o2a/b, Advanced Clinical Practicum for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners. 5 credithours fall term and 5.3 credit hours spring term. This yearlong practicum provides studentswith clinical experience in data gathering techniques, diagnostic reasoning, managementof acute and chronic health problems, application of technology in patient care,consultation and collaboration, and health promotion and risk factor modification. Thedifferential diagnosis and treatment of complex health problems commonly seen inacutely ill, hospitalized adults is stressed. The focus is on those acute illnesses with a predictablecourse and established treatment approaches. Students have the opportunity tomanage a caseload of patients from admission through discharge, as well as followpatients on an outpatient basis. A one-hour weekly clinical conference addresses acutecare clinical issues through the case presentation method. Required for all acute carenurse practitioner students in the final year of specialization. Precepted by nurse practitionersand physicians. Fifteen hours per week in an acute care setting in the fall term andsixteen hours per week in the spring term. Adult Advanced Practice Nursing faculty.