Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Skills

NURS 566 (3)

Focuses on diagnostic and technical skills used to diagnose, sustain, or stabilize acutely ill patients. Includes electrocardiogram interpretation, ACLS, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, ABG interpretations, laboratory values, splinting, casting, suturing, x-ray interpretation.

Prerequisite: 501 and 503 and 505 and 540 and 543.

Pre- or corequisite: 526.

Corequisite: 567.

Restriction: admitted to graduate program in nursing.



Prerequisites / Corequisites

Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing - NURS 501


Research in Nursing - NURS 503


Health Care Policy, Systems and Financing for Advanced Practice Roles - NURS 505


Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning - NURS 540


Pharmacological Principles of Clinical Therapeutics - NURS 543


Pathophysiology in Advanced Practice Nursing - NURS 526


Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Ethical Considerations - NURS 567



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