Family Health II -- Pediatrics (45 Internship Hours)

Catalog description

This course explores the theories and practice of health care for children, from infancy through adolescence, within a context of family health care. It focuses on health promotion and acute and chronic illness conditions experienced by childbearing and child-rearing families. This course also emphasizes health-illness issues experienced by members in this group in underserved rural and urban areas. The clinical practicum presents the advanced practice nursing student with experience in assessing, planning, and managing care for families in these age groups at a variety of clinical sites. Opportunities are available in both the classroom and clinical setting to further explore the roles inherent to the advanced practice nurse. Prerequisite(s): NU 700 and NU 702 and NU 704 and NU 706 .