Nursing 6743 - Child Health I:Diagnosis & Management in Advanced Nursing Practice

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University of Missouri-St Louis

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Prerequisites: NURSE 6106, 6108, 6140, 6111, 6112, 6518, 6524, 6520, & 6114 may be taken concurrently. Clinical course designed to provide students the opportunity to apply skills from advanced physical assessment, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and theory to advanced nursing care of the child and family. Emphasis is placed on child and family developmental issues for advanced practice pediatric nurses. Normal cognitive, motor, social/emotional and language development and usual developmental challenges of each age group are addressed. Implications of the developmental stage of the child and family, level of developmental skill and developmental problems for the maintenance of health and management of illness by the advanced practice nurse are discussed. Core content includes information related to APN management of cultural and ethnic variations of growth and development problems; health maintenance; common pediatric behavioral problems; and recognition of circumstances that require interdisciplinary collaboration and referral. Clinical practice opportunities are arranged in collaboration with the instructor and planned in a variety of pediatric settings.

Credits:

5.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umsl.edu/

Phone Number:

(314) 516-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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