ABSTRACT
As programs to prepare advanced practice nurses for primary care have flourished during the past decade, faculty aspire to teach a health assessment course that is more than a review of undergraduate work. Therefore, course faculty constructed a list of advanced assessment competencies. The purpose of this descriptive study was to validate the competencies clinical preceptors' rated as important via a mailed survey. Overall, the competencies received high mean ratings. The item receiving the highest mean score was "detects and interprets abnormalities in rate and rhythm" from the heart body system. Items within the gynecological and breast systems received the highest ratings. This study suggests a need to help advanced practice nursing students master all advanced assessment competencies on the survey.
