NURS 7420 - Common Health Problems and Issues Pertinent to Children and Adolescents

2 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 7500, 7550. Pre- or Co-requisites: NURS 7310, 7320.
Pre/Corequisites: NURS 7310, NURS 7320.
Description
This course focuses on the role of the advanced practice nurse in caring for children and adolescents. It includes developmental issues pertinent to each age group and common health problems; also, critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning are utilized in the management of the common problems based on pathophysiological findings. Four credit hours lecture; five credit hours clinical practice (225 clinical practice hours). Four credit hours lecture; five credit hours clinical practice (225 clinical practice hours). M