Acute Care of Pediatric Clinical I Credits: 7

Catalog description

This is the first of two courses exploring the management of complex acute, critical, and chronically ill pediatric patients with urgent and emergent conditions. The focus is on alterations in pathophysiology, advanced assessment, diagnosis, and collaborative management of infants, children, and adolescents with selected episodic/chronic health problems in acute/critical care. The application and evaluation of pathophysiologic and psychosocial concepts in implementing and evaluating care in clinical settings. Clinical practice and clinical seminars comprise the clinical experience. This course consists of 3.5 credit hours of didactic content and 3.5 hours of clinical (288.75).