Primary Care of Adolescents Clinical Practice

Graduate / Professional

This course is designed to aid the student in gaining elementary skills in the assessment of adolescent development, both physiological and psychological; in the recognition and management of deviations from normal development and health status; and in intermediate-level skill in the care of adolescents, including health education. Required of all pediatric nurse practitioner primary care students in the second term of the first year of specialization or the first term of the final year. Six hours weekly in a clinical setting and six hours of clinical conference. 2 Course cr HTBA