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Nurse Practitioner Specializations
Objectives
In addition to the MSN terminal
objectives, students graduating from a nurse practitioner program
demonstrate foundation knowledge and skills necessary to engage
in an advanced practice role.
- Integrate evidence-based principles
from advanced pathophysiology, advanced pharmacology, advanced
health assessment, and health promotion/disease prevention
in clinical decision making related to management of patient
health/illness status.
- Establish a caring partnership
with patients and/or caregivers based on mutual trust.
- Incorporate teaching/learning
principles to devise and implement an individualized plan of
care to meet the needs of patients and families.
- Incorporate principles of leadership
to develop and implement the nurse practitioner role in health
care delivery.
- Advocate for equitable, quality,
cost effective care by managing and negotiating a variety of
health care delivery systems.
- Ensure and monitor the quality
of health care practice through the use of professional/legal
standards, collaboration, consultation, referral, and use of
evidence-based interventions.
- Respect the rights of individuals
to choose, participate and refuse care and to express cultural
and spiritual beliefs regarding their care.
Clinical Site Policies
Students assume an active role in choosing a site for clinical
performance. Clinical sites are to be confined to Miami-Dade
county, Broward county, and no further south than Key Largo
in Monroe county. Only hospitals which have a clinical agreement
with Barry University can be utilized as a clinical site for
the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner students.
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