Pediatric Primary Care Advanced Practice Nursing I

6 credits

The first of three in the Pediatric Primary Care Advanced Practice Nursing series, this course focuses on promoting optimal physical, mental, and social health of pediatric populations through evidence-based, ethical, and reflective practice, leadership, and advocacy. Emphasis is placed on utilizing child/family-centered theoretical, evidence-based, cost-effective clinical approaches to the promotion of health, growth and development, and common pediatric primary care problems. Assessment, diagnosis, and management of common pediatric primary health concerns are addressed within the context of biopsychosocial, developmental, cognitive, socioeconomic, and cultural factors.