NUR624-ADULT/GERONTOLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONER
PRACTICUM GUIDE
Course Description
The practicum requires 215 (FNP) or 250 (ANP) hours of documented clinical experience with a
board certified nurse practitioner preceptor or physician functioning within an interdisciplinary
team. The student will apply the concepts related to common acute and chronic health problems of
adults in rural and urban health settings.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to do the following:
1. Provide respectful, direct client care to adult individuals, families and/or communities from
a diverse range of cultural, ethnic, racial, and gender groups in a variety of settings.
(Essential VIII)
2. Collect comprehensive health assessment data, including diagnostic tests and procedures as
indicated. (Essential IX)
3. Prescribe pharmacological agents based on knowledge of pharmacological and
physiological principals, monitor intended effects, and adverse effects. (Essential IX)
4. Assume accountability for ethical decision making and move toward practicing
independently and interdependently, applying classroom knowledge and skills in extensive
clinical practice. (Essential II & IX)
MSN Essentials
The following represent the core content for all master's programs in nursing and "provide
curricular elements and framework, regardless of focus, major, or intended practice setting"
(AACN, 2011, p.3). The reference and the link for these essentials are provided for you at the
end of the document. These essentials "delineate the knowledge and skills that all nurses prepared
in a master's nursing program acquire" (AACN, 2011, p.4), and you should see evidence of these
essentials in each of the courses in the MSN-NP curriculum. Below are brief descriptions of each
,NUR624-ADULT/GERONTOLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONER
PRACTICUM GUIDE
MSN
NURS621: Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
Practicum I
essential and can be found on pages 4 and 5 of the Essentials document. In the document, you will
find a deeper discussion of each of them, as well as expected student outcomes and sample content.
Essential I: Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities
Recognizes that the master's prepared nurse integrates scientific findings from nursing,
biopsychosocial fields, genetics, public health, quality improvement, and organizational
sciences for the continual improvement of nursing care across diverse settings.
Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership
Recognizes that organizational and systems leadership are critical to the promotion of high
quality and safe patient care. Leadership skills are needed that emphasize ethical and critical
decision making, effective working relationships, and a systems-perspective.
Essential III: Quality Improvement and Safety
Recognizes that a master's-prepared nurse must be articulate in the methods, tools, performance
measures, and standards related to quality, as well as prepared to apply quality principles
within an organization.
Essential IV: Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse applies research outcomes within the practice
setting, resolves practice problems, works as a change agent, and disseminates results.
Essential V: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse uses patient-care technologies to deliver and
enhance care and uses communication technologies to integrate and coordinate care.
Essential VI: Health Policy and Advocacy
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse is able to intervene at the system level though the
policy development process and to employ advocacy strategies to influence health and health
care.
Essential VII: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health
Outcomes
Recognizes that the master's prepared nurse, as a member and leader of interprofessional teams,
communicates, collaborates, and consults with other health professionals to manage and
coordinate care.
Essential VIII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse applies and integrates broad, organizational, client-
,NUR624-ADULT/GERONTOLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONER
PRACTICUM GUIDE
MSN
NURS621: Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
Practicum I
centered, and culturally appropriate concepts in the planning, delivery, management, and
evaluation of evidence-based clinical prevention and population care and services to
individuals, families, and aggregates/identified populations.
Essential IX: Master's-Level Nursing Practice
Recognizes that nursing practice, at the master's level, is broadly defined as any form of
nursing intervention that influences health outcomes for individuals, populations, or systems.
Master's-level nursing graduates must have an advanced level of understanding of nursing and
relevant sciences as well as the ability to integrate this knowledge into practice. Nursing
practice interventions include both direct and indirect care components.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2011). The essentials of Master's
education in nursing (PDF). Washington, DC: Author.
Course Instructor Information
Log in to the course to view this information.
Text and Materials
Please refer to the Text and Materials for this course.
Sessions and Days of the Week
The course is divided into eight weekly sessions. Due dates for assignments are stated in Day
numbers. Day One is Monday, the first day beginning each weekly session.
● Monday: Day One
● Tuesday: Day Two
● Wednesday: Day Three
● Thursday: Day Four
● Friday: Day Five
● Saturday: Day Six
● Sunday: Day Seven
, NUR624-ADULT/GERONTOLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONER
PRACTICUM GUIDE
Assignments are due no later than 11:59 p.m. C.T. on the day that is stated in the assignments
section.
PRACTICUM GUIDE
Course Description
The practicum requires 215 (FNP) or 250 (ANP) hours of documented clinical experience with a
board certified nurse practitioner preceptor or physician functioning within an interdisciplinary
team. The student will apply the concepts related to common acute and chronic health problems of
adults in rural and urban health settings.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to do the following:
1. Provide respectful, direct client care to adult individuals, families and/or communities from
a diverse range of cultural, ethnic, racial, and gender groups in a variety of settings.
(Essential VIII)
2. Collect comprehensive health assessment data, including diagnostic tests and procedures as
indicated. (Essential IX)
3. Prescribe pharmacological agents based on knowledge of pharmacological and
physiological principals, monitor intended effects, and adverse effects. (Essential IX)
4. Assume accountability for ethical decision making and move toward practicing
independently and interdependently, applying classroom knowledge and skills in extensive
clinical practice. (Essential II & IX)
MSN Essentials
The following represent the core content for all master's programs in nursing and "provide
curricular elements and framework, regardless of focus, major, or intended practice setting"
(AACN, 2011, p.3). The reference and the link for these essentials are provided for you at the
end of the document. These essentials "delineate the knowledge and skills that all nurses prepared
in a master's nursing program acquire" (AACN, 2011, p.4), and you should see evidence of these
essentials in each of the courses in the MSN-NP curriculum. Below are brief descriptions of each
,NUR624-ADULT/GERONTOLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONER
PRACTICUM GUIDE
MSN
NURS621: Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
Practicum I
essential and can be found on pages 4 and 5 of the Essentials document. In the document, you will
find a deeper discussion of each of them, as well as expected student outcomes and sample content.
Essential I: Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities
Recognizes that the master's prepared nurse integrates scientific findings from nursing,
biopsychosocial fields, genetics, public health, quality improvement, and organizational
sciences for the continual improvement of nursing care across diverse settings.
Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership
Recognizes that organizational and systems leadership are critical to the promotion of high
quality and safe patient care. Leadership skills are needed that emphasize ethical and critical
decision making, effective working relationships, and a systems-perspective.
Essential III: Quality Improvement and Safety
Recognizes that a master's-prepared nurse must be articulate in the methods, tools, performance
measures, and standards related to quality, as well as prepared to apply quality principles
within an organization.
Essential IV: Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse applies research outcomes within the practice
setting, resolves practice problems, works as a change agent, and disseminates results.
Essential V: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse uses patient-care technologies to deliver and
enhance care and uses communication technologies to integrate and coordinate care.
Essential VI: Health Policy and Advocacy
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse is able to intervene at the system level though the
policy development process and to employ advocacy strategies to influence health and health
care.
Essential VII: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health
Outcomes
Recognizes that the master's prepared nurse, as a member and leader of interprofessional teams,
communicates, collaborates, and consults with other health professionals to manage and
coordinate care.
Essential VIII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse applies and integrates broad, organizational, client-
,NUR624-ADULT/GERONTOLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONER
PRACTICUM GUIDE
MSN
NURS621: Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
Practicum I
centered, and culturally appropriate concepts in the planning, delivery, management, and
evaluation of evidence-based clinical prevention and population care and services to
individuals, families, and aggregates/identified populations.
Essential IX: Master's-Level Nursing Practice
Recognizes that nursing practice, at the master's level, is broadly defined as any form of
nursing intervention that influences health outcomes for individuals, populations, or systems.
Master's-level nursing graduates must have an advanced level of understanding of nursing and
relevant sciences as well as the ability to integrate this knowledge into practice. Nursing
practice interventions include both direct and indirect care components.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2011). The essentials of Master's
education in nursing (PDF). Washington, DC: Author.
Course Instructor Information
Log in to the course to view this information.
Text and Materials
Please refer to the Text and Materials for this course.
Sessions and Days of the Week
The course is divided into eight weekly sessions. Due dates for assignments are stated in Day
numbers. Day One is Monday, the first day beginning each weekly session.
● Monday: Day One
● Tuesday: Day Two
● Wednesday: Day Three
● Thursday: Day Four
● Friday: Day Five
● Saturday: Day Six
● Sunday: Day Seven
, NUR624-ADULT/GERONTOLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONER
PRACTICUM GUIDE
Assignments are due no later than 11:59 p.m. C.T. on the day that is stated in the assignments
section.
