Pediatric & Adol Health Care

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to prepare the Family Nurse Practitioner student to provide holistic family-centered, community-based care to families with infants, children, and adolescents. Key psychological influences will be examined related to care provided for child-rearing families in the context of a complex healthcare system, and the wider global community. Focused areas of study will include relevant pediatric pathophysiology, advanced physical assessment, the range of health concerns specific to newborns, infants, children, and adolescents including pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. Students will engage in comprehensive assessment, development of differential diagnosis, and management of common health variations including appropriate prescription medications. The course will prepare the student to work collaboratively with other inter-professional healthcare providers to provide family-centered primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention to child-rearing families across the lifespan. Students will explore the components of an artistic nursing practice to infants, children, adolescents and the family while considering an Ignatian and holistic worldview. Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate College of Nursing Nursing