Overview
Description
This course focuses on the pathophysiology and clinical decision-making for managing health and developmental care of children from newborn to adolescence. Management focuses on the integration of primary, acute, and chronic care, as well as the experience of the child and family, in the role of the advanced practice nurse in delivering care.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Admission to the Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Graduate Certificate
Corequisites
NURS 743
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Admission to the Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Graduate Certificate.
Corequisites
NURS 743.
Units
Lecture2
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Summer
Terms
summer
Restrictions
Admission to the Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Graduate Certificate
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- utilize knowledge and skills to assess, diagnose, and treat children with acute, chronic, and preventative healthcare needs.
- provide comprehensive, and developmentally appropriate, health education and health maintenance to pediatric patients and their families.
- identify and integrate evidence-based findings into the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of illness from birth to adolescence.
- integrate nursing theory into the delivery of advanced practice nursing care.
- begin to integrate into practice the standards of care as defined by the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) “Bright Futures” guidelines.