2024-2025 Graduate University Catalog 
    
    Nov 23, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate University Catalog
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NU 725 - FNP Women’s Health Management (DNP/FNP Specialty)


Credit(s): 3
This course advances the FNP student’s knowledge of women’s health issues to include gender specific gynecological and reproductive health concerns. The course will emphasize the holistic nature of care provided by the nurse practitioner with particular attention to prevention, health promotion, genetic/genomics, and lifestyle management including contraception. Course focus will also include primary care support of pregnancy (preconception, prenatal, postnatal), perimenopausal and menopausal life changes. NP students will continue to enhance their level of critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills and apply skills in gynecological assessment, diagnosis, development of health care management plans, and appropriate referrals for this population. Additional topics to include discussion of selection and interpretation of diagnostic tests, select outpatient procedures, and rational prescribing.



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