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Course Listings 107812b, Advanced Specialty Practicum III. 3 credit hours. This practicum focuses on theimplementation of the advanced practice role. Emphasis is on management of care forspecialty patient populations in acute, ambulatory, and/or long-term settings throughcollaboration, consultation, and strategies for change in health care systems. Requiredfor all clinical nurse specialist and gerontological nurse practitioner students in the finalyear of specialization. Nine hours per week. D. Chyun, M. Knobf.817b, Resources for Adaptation. 1 credit hour. This course is designed to develop theadvanced practice nurse’s ability to evaluate the patient and family as the unit of care relativeto the trajectory of illness and the available resources. Topics include goals for rehabilitation,lifestyle adjustment, social dependency, caretaker role, patient education, andresource assessment. Required for all clinical nurse specialist, acute care nurse practitioner,and oncology nurse practitioner students in the final year of specialization. Twohours per week for seven weeks. J. Coviello.819b, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in the Adult Continuum. 1.5credit hours. The focus of this course is to explore primary care issues and managementthroughout the adult continuum. Class content introduces students to the priority areasof the national health agenda regarding health promotion, risk screening, and diseaseprevention in adults. National clinical practice guidelines are explored in concert withthe national health agenda. This course further socializes the student to the role ofadvanced practice nurse as primary care provider. Required for all clinical nurse specialist,acute care nurse practitioner, and gerontological nurse practitioner students in thefinal year of specialization. One and one-half hours per week. J. Coviello.825a, Advanced School Health Management Seminar. 0.67 credit hours. This courseis designed to provide a forum for discussion and analysis of the advanced practice nursingrole in the school setting. The content includes such topics as health care delivery inschools, special education and legislative issues, confidentiality, crisis intervention, anddealing with death, as well as other current and future school health issues facing theeducational system. Required for all students in the school-based health care concentrationin the final year of study. Open to others with permission of the instructor. One hourper week for ten weeks. E. Gustafson.826a/b, Clinical Practice in School Health. 1.55 credit hours per term. This clinicalcourse is designed to provide an opportunity to develop an advanced practice nursingrole in the school setting. Experience is in a school-based clinic where the student providesprimary and episodic care to the client population, participates in health education,as well as consults and collaborates with other health and education personnel in theschool and community. Required for all students in the school-based health care concentrationin the final year of study. Four hours clinical practice per week. One hour clinicalconference per week for five weeks, fall term; two hours clinical conference everyother week, spring term. E. Gustafson.