(90 Clinical Hours) The focus of this course is on the progressive role of the family nurse practitioner in assessment, diagnosis, and management of common acute, chronic, and complex health problems in the primary care setting across the lifespan. Using evidence-based practice the student will utilize health promotion, disease prevention, screening recommendations, and assessment, along with managing the most common acute, chronic, and complex illnesses. Focus is on the progression in the role of the Family Nurse Practitioner in the diagnosis and management of common acute, chronic, and complex conditions across the lifespan in a primary care setting. The importance of preforming comprehensive advance-level health assessments, use of diagnostic reasoning, the selection of appropriate diagnostic tests and pharmacologic and non-pharmacological therapies is emphasized. Using an evidence-based practice framework the student will apply health promotion, disease prevention and recommendations, and assess and manage most common acute, chronic, and complex illnesses.