Foundations of Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Practice

Catalog description

In this course, students are introduced to the role, scope, and standards of practice of the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner. Topics covered include the foundations of diagnostic reasoning and strategies to integrate theory and current evidence to guide person-centered pediatric primary care. Students analyze how legal, ethical, social, cultural, and global factors, including social determinants of health, impact primary healthcare of pediatric patients ranging from birth to young adult.