Master Resource Outline

 

Course Title: NRSG 607 Diagnostic Reasoning

Credits: 3 (2 lecture; 1 clinical lab)

Semesters Offered: Fall

Pre-requisites: NRSG 601, NRSG 602

Degree: DNP

AACN Core Competencies for Level II Advanced-level NursingEducation: 1-10           

MRJCON DNP Program Learning Outcomes: 1-10

MRJCON NM Program Learning Outcomes: 1-9

ACNM Core Competencies: IV.C

 

Course Description:

This graduate nursing course promotes the development of the practitioners’ comprehensive assessment proficiency, critical thinking, and diagnostic reasoning. The practitioner will utilize a systematic approach for clinical decision making, diagnosis, and documentation.

Catalog Description:

This graduate nursing course promotes the development of the practitioners’ comprehensive assessment proficiency, critical thinking, and diagnostic reasoning. The practitioner will utilize a systematic approach for clinical decision making, diagnosis, and documentation.

 

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon completing this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Interpret relevant findings of diagnostic or other evaluative studies as they relate to acute and chronic diseases and other health conditions.
  2. Analyze rationale for treatment modalities based on etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations of acute /chronic diseases and health conditions.
  3. Perform and interpret age-, gender-, and condition-specific diagnostic tests and screening procedures.
  4. Formulate comprehensive differential diagnoses, considering epidemiology, environmental, population community characteristics, and life stage development.
  5. Synthesize pertinent history and exam information from a patient encounter to develop a problem statement for collaboration with other healthcare team members (eg. Preceptor, collaborating provider).

 

Exemplars of Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Exam (multiple choice) (CLO 1,2,3)
  2. Case Study Analysis (CLO 3,4,5)

 

Curricular Threads addressed in this course:

Social Determinants of Health

Communication

Clinical Judgement

Mental Health

 

Recommended Content:

  • Diagnostic decision-making theories.
  • Epidemiology and common presentations for acute and chronic illnesses across all body systems.
  • Introduction to diagnostic testing (labs, imaging, etc.) to guide clinical decision making.
  • Use of clinical decision tools to facilitate the development of a differential diagnosis.
  • Relationship and impact of diagnostic reasoning on patient safety and quality of care.
  • Communication and presentation of clinical cases to facilitate collaborative interdisciplinary care.

 

Approved by GAAC: 1/30/12; modified, 10/29/12; approved 10/5/2015; 3/8/2021, November 2024

Approved by Faculty: 4/9/12; 4/12/2021; 12/12/24