NURS 6360 Pediatric Health & Practicum

(90 Clinical Hours) This course focuses on health and illness of children in the primary care setting. Using an evidence-based practice framework the student will utilize health promotion, disease prevention, screening recommendations, and assessment, along with managing most common acute and chronic illnesses in partnership with patients, families, and other healthcare providers. The focus of this clinical practicum is on the care provided to the pediatric population by the Family Nurse Practitioner. The importance of preforming comprehensive advance-level health assessments, use of diagnostic reasoning, the selection of appropriate diagnostic tests and pharmacologic and non-pharmacological therapies is emphasized. Using an evidence-based practice framework the student will utilize health promotion, disease prevention, screening recommendations, and assessment, along with managing most common acute and chronic illnesses of pediatric population in partnership with patients, families, and other healthcare providers.

Credits

3

Distribution

Nursing