Primary Care of Peds&Families

Catalog description

This course focuses on the role of the advance practice nurse in the management and care of newborns, children, and adolescents I the primary care setting. The emphasis is on the theoretical and practice foundation necessary to manage the pediatric population in a primary care setting. The importance of health promotion, disease prevention, and appropriate screenings as well as the diagnosis and management of common conditions that present in the pediatric/adolescent is stressed. Students will be prepared to function in a team‐based, inter‐professional collaborative environment that integrates the biomedical, and psychosocial model of patient‐centered care.