This course has both didactic and laboratory components. The course prepares the student to conduct comprehensive health assessments of patients throughout the life span. Comprehensive health parameters are applied to the assessment process. Students perform detailed health histories, family histories, physical examinations, and selected screening and prevention/wellness skills. Clinical reasoning development and differentiation between normal and abnormal findings are emphasized. Integrated throughout the course are principles of health promotions/wellness, illness prevention, and early detection.

This class is a diagnostic and procedure-based course that has didactic and laboratory components. The course provides evidence-based knowledge in diagnostics and procedures utilized in primary care to develop a comprehensive treatment/management plan. Students will gain knowledge of the use of clinical data, the interpretation of diagnostic information, the limits of using clinical data for diagnosis, appropriate diagnostic procedures, laboratory tests, using clinical data to problem solve, and follow-up care for patients with both acute and chronic conditions. This course emphasizes psychomotor skills necessary to provide selected common primary care procedures utilized in the care of children and adults throughout the life span in a variety of clinical settings. Students will demonstrate psychomotor skills (procedures) and knowledge gained in this class in a laboratory setting.

This course provides a comprehensive medical and pathophysiologic foundation for the evaluation of clients in various health care settings. Students will analyze the relationship between normal physiology and the disease state. A brief review of normal physiology and anatomy is included, as well as the pathophysiology of selected disorders and diseases. This course is intended to enable advanced practice nurses to understand and bridge the pathophysiological foundations of various disease processes as manifested by signs and symptoms seen in the clinical setting. Students will analyze the relationship between normal physiology and the different disease states. They will develop an understanding of the mechanism(s) underlying different disease syndromes and their clinical manifestations, so that therapeutic rationale can be ascertained. An introduction to appropriate screening and diagnostic laboratory evaluative methods related to advanced primary care nursing practice will also be included. Emphasis will be placed on the clinical understanding and identification of disease states.

This course provides a comprehensive medical and pathophysiologic foundation for the evaluation of clients in various health care settings. Students will analyze the relationship between normal physiology and the disease state. A brief review of normal physiology and anatomy is included, as well as the pathophysiology of selected disorders and diseases. This course is intended to enable advanced practice nurses to understand and bridge the pathophysiological foundations of various disease processes as manifested by signs and symptoms seen in the clinical setting. Students will analyze the relationship between normal physiology and the different disease states. They will develop an understanding of the mechanism(s) underlying different disease syndromes and their clinical manifestations, so that therapeutic rationale can be ascertained. An introduction to appropriate screening and diagnostic laboratory evaluative methods related to advanced primary care nursing practice will also be included. Emphasis will be placed on the clinical understanding and identification of disease states.

Fees Each Semester

  • General Services Fee: $168 (All students)
  • Nursing Fee: $600 (Graduate nursing clinical students)
  • Nursing Fee: $168 (Graduate nursing non-clinical students)

Prior to Starting Classes

  • $66.75 Background Check
  • $94.99 Drug Test and Document Storage
  • Cost of any immunizations you may need to complete

Shadow Health

  • $130 for Shadow Health for NUGR 532 and NUGR 534

Students Taking NUGR 532 and NUGR 603

  • NUGR 532 and NUGR 603 Kit for physical assessment and diagnostics approximately $300
  • Travel expenses to Indianapolis + hotel (Only through Fall 2025)
  • $47 ExamSoft*

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) Students: Clinical Courses

  • $47 ExamSoft* per semester (January to August and then again August to December) (except Neonatal Nurse Practitioner courses)
  • $81.75 for renewal of background check & drug test
  • $75 HESI Admission Exam + Proctor-U (APRN students during their last semester)
  • Background Check/Fingerprints (IN $35) (See the Indiana Professional Licensing Association website for current pricing)
  • Certification exams: see websites for those institutions for current pricing
  • Cap & Gown and nursing pin (optional; see the UIndy bookstore for pricing)

All expenses, including tuition and fees, are subject to change annually.

Technology Requirements

Students will be required to have technology that is compatible with the required computerized testing platform software. Please see the IT Help Page for requirements needed for Windows and MAC OS computers. Chromebooks will not meet the technology requirements for the School of Nursing.

*A computer that meets ExamSoft/Examplify expectations is required.
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