Pediatric Acute Care Advanced Practicum

5 Hours

Designed to prepare students to demonstrate the clinical competence of an advanced beginner acute care pediatric nurse practitioner. Under the supervision of faculty and preceptors, students have the opportunity to make independent and interdependent decisions in managing emerging health crises and organ system dysfunction in children with a variety of complex acute, critical, and chronic health conditions. Students work in a variety of settings, including emergency departments, intensive care units, inpatient medical and surgical units, and subspecialty clinics. Explores the legal, political, and ethical issues affecting nurse practitioner practice. Twenty laboratory hours a week for one semester.