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This course teaches skills required to perform a comprehensive patient interview, a complete physical exam, document the assessment findings, develop preferential and differential diagnoses, and develop diagnostic reasoning skills. NP students will learn how to orally present their findings in a structured and organized manner during patient clinical encounters.

1. Understand the importance between objective and subjective data collection in relation to advanced physical assessment across the lifespan.2. Document episodic and complete history and physicals.3. Apply critical thinking and utilize evidence based practice to begin formulating differential diagnoses.4. Demonstrate sensitivity and understanding of all cultures and ethnic backgrounds.5. Perform episodic and complete history and physicals related to the patient across the lifespan.

*The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.

• NUR 763
• NUR 756