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Students are to work toward proficiency in the following tasks:

Management of Patient Health and Illness

Status and Demonstration of the Student Nurse Practitioner Role

1. Differentiate between normal, variations of normal and abnormal clinical findings.
2. Devise treatment plans collaboratively for common episodic conditions of clients, with consideration of evidence-based therapeutic options.
3. Devise treatment plans collaboratively for stable chronic health conditions of clients, with consideration of evidence-based therapeutic options.
4. Conduct a complete health assessment including a complete history and physical exam, incorporating health promotion, health protection, mental health and disease prevention strategies.
5. Formulate differential diagnoses utilizing critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning.
6. Order and interpret appropriate diagnostic tests, with consultation and with consideration of safety, efficacy, cost, invasiveness, and acceptability of tests.
7. Prescribe medications, with consultation, within scope of practice and legal authorization.
8. Identify and utilize interdisciplinary, community resources.
9. Demonstrate appropriate utilization and referral to specialists.
10. Develop plans to evaluate clinical care outcomes.
11. Model exemplary professional and academic behaviors:
12. Document accurately, concisely, and legibly using a problem-oriented format.
13. Communicate respectfully with patients and families, peers, preceptors, faculty, and allied health workers, preserving patients’ control over decision making.
14. Demonstrate teamwork and an interdisciplinary approach to patient care.
15. Establish a therapeutic relationship with patients and families, reflective of patients’ inherent worth and dignity.
16. Present clinical cases to preceptor and site visitor in a logical, concise fashion.
17. Make decisions collaboratively, as appropriate, with recognition of student’s abilities and scope of practice.
18. Implement research and evidence-based guidelines in the management of patient care.
19. Identify individual learning objectives and goals with development, implementation, and communication regarding student’s learning plan, while being constructive in response to feedback.
20. Demonstrate responsibility and accountability in all aspects of clinical practice including attendance, punctuality, and maintenance of confidentiality and privacy.
21. Assist patients and families to meet their spiritual needs and incorporate patients’ spiritual beliefs in care.