Pediatric Primary Care Advanced Practice Nursing Clinical Practicum I

3 credits

In this precepted clinical course, students apply didactic learning to clinical settings. Students will demonstrate child/family-centered, developmental, trauma-informed, ethical, and humanistic care while developing the advanced practice role. A biopsychosocial framework with evidence-based, cost-effective principles informs clinical decision-making. The focus is on the promotion of optimal health, growth, and development of diverse populations, considering health inequities, bias, structural racism, gender, ablism, and social determinants of health. Routine health care maintenance, counseling, education, and the assessment, diagnosis, and management of common pediatric primary health concerns are addressed. Faculty facilitate and assess learning through preceptor collaboration, seminars, and clinical documentation.