This course allows the Post-Master's Certificate or the practice- doctorate pediatric, primary care or FNP nursing student the opportunity to examine the impact of children and adolescents (birth through 21 years) with special health care needs and those with complex (stable), chronic health deviations on the pediatric client, their families, and the community. By incorporating the role of the primary care PNP into the process of utilizing clinical decision-making skills, interprofessional collaboration, management and intervention strategies, the student will plan collaborative care for the pediatric client with chronic health deviations or special healthcare needs in the primary care or tertiary care setting. Current evidence-based, research and management guidelines will be analyzed using the synthesis of knowledge gained from collaborative sciences and applied to the framework of advanced practice nursing.

This course allows the Post-Master's Certificate or the practice- doctorate pediatric, primary care or FNP nursing student the opportunity to examine the impact of children and adolescents (birth through 21 years) with special health care needs and those with complex (stable), chronic health deviations on the pediatric client, their families, and the community. By incorporating the role of the primary care PNP into the process of utilizing clinical decision-making skills, interprofessional collaboration, management and intervention strategies, the student will plan collaborative care for the pediatric client with chronic health deviations or special healthcare needs in the primary care or tertiary care setting. Current evidence-based, research and management guidelines will be analyzed using the synthesis of knowledge gained from collaborative sciences and applied to the framework of advanced practice nursing.