This course allows the Post-Master's Certificate or the practice- doctorate pediatric, primary care nursing student the opportunity to incorporate other health care disciplines and engage clinical decision- making skills into the planning of care for the child with common, acute minor illnesses seen in primary care. Health restoration strategies will be incorporated into the management of common deviations from health as they occur in children (birth to 21 years). Focus will be given to the synthesis of knowledge obtained from nursing, medicine, pharmacology and the social/behavioral sciences and its incorporation into the framework of advanced practice nursing. Developmental, pathophysiologic, cognitive, behavioral, and psychosocial concepts will be applied in assessing children of various ages (birth to 21 years) using a variety of modalities integrating current research and evidence- based findings into planned clinical management.

This course allows the Post-Master's Certificate or the practice- doctorate pediatric, primary care nursing student the opportunity to incorporate other health care disciplines and engage clinical decision- making skills into the planning of care for the child with common, acute minor illnesses seen in primary care. Health restoration strategies will be incorporated into the management of common deviations from health as they occur in children (birth to 21 years). Focus will be given to the synthesis of knowledge obtained from nursing, medicine, pharmacology and the social/behavioral sciences and its incorporation into the framework of advanced practice nursing. Developmental, pathophysiologic, cognitive, behavioral, and psychosocial concepts will be applied in assessing children of various ages (birth to 21 years) using a variety of modalities integrating current research and evidence- based findings into planned clinical management.