This course builds upon advanced nursing competencies developed at the master’s level to expand knowledge for expert nursing practice.  Students are expected to enhance practice and/or systems management skills, including clinical reasoning, and advance to a higher level of expertise in their chosen specialty area. Practice setting and focus is individualized to students’ specific area of interest. In this practicum the student will be overseen by an expert in the field. Students are expected to initiate plans for the Scholarly Project. (Practica I and II are individualized to achieve 500 hrs. of supervised clinical practice.)