Primary Care of Children I Credits: 5

Catalog description

This course is designed to prepare nurse practitioner students to manage common pediatric health problems. The focus is on developmentally appropriate preventive health care and management of common acute/episodic illnesses. Students will integrate role competencies, professional standards, and legal requirements essential to the NP role. Core content includes differential diagnosis, therapeutic management, adherence, anticipatory guidance, patient/family education, legal and professional issues, standards of practice, and advanced practice role competencies. This course consists of 2.5 credit hours of lecture/discussion and 2.5 credit hours (206.25) hours of clinical per semester.