Pediatric Acute Care Management I

3 Hours

Prepare to recognize, interpret, and respond to emerging health crises and organ system dysfunction or failure in children with complex acute, critical, and chronic health conditions. Discuss patient stabilization, minimizing complications, restoring maximal health potential through risk reduction, and providing physical and psychosocial support to the patient and family. Explore acute, critical, and chronic disorders within selected physiological systems from a developmental and multicultural perspective. Nursing 394Q and Nurse Professional 394Q may not both be counted. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.