NURS 654: Primary Care of Pediatric Populations
Credit Hours: (2)
Instructional Method: Two hours lecture.
Prerequisites: NURS 704
Development of the advanced knowledge and skills for competent decision-making and delivery of care in pediatric populations.
Course Content
This course explores wellness and pathology of body systems and physical/mental health care of the pediatric population. Social determinants of health that influence the health of diverse individuals, families, and populations in diagnosing and managing health conditions are integrated. Health management includes diagnosing, diagnostics, and designing pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments and follow-up.
Topical Outline:
1. Variants in health of pediatric populations
2. Evidenced-based treatment modalities of physical and mental health conditions
3. Plans of care for diverse populations
4. Social determinants of health affecting families and pediatric populations
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
This course is taught in a hybrid instructional format; online teaching and on-campus learning techniques may be utilized. The following teaching strategies will be employed, but are not limited to a focus on the development of knowledge and skills for critical decision-making needed to deliver advanced practice healthcare to individuals and decision making needed to deliver advanced practice healthcare to individuals and diverse populations across the lifespan.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will have the knowledge and skills to:
1. Demonstrate critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision-making across the lifespan in the clinical setting.
2. Assess, Diagnose, Coordinate, and Manage health care needs, including wellness, and acute and chronic conditions of culturally diverse individuals (children, adolescents, and adults) and families across the lifespan in varied clinical settings.
3.Select appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and perform and interpret common laboratory tests and common office procedures in the clinical primary care setting.
4. Develop, implement, and evaluate interventions by synthesizing sources of evidence to address healthcare needs, health promotion/disease prevention, and wellness in families across the lifespan in the clinical setting.
5. Design patient-centered care to provide anticipatory guidance for expected changes (both developmental and situational) in health status, and quality of life.
6.Apply the principles of cultural and socioeconomic determinants, epidemiology, demography, and assessment of community needs and resources in evaluating the health needs of individuals and groups and making a clinical decision for interventions and management in the diverse clinical setting.
7. Demonstrate appropriate consultative and referral skills for the management of the health status of individuals across the lifespan, families, and groups within collaborative interprofessional teams in the clinical setting.
8.Communicate and document the clients’ health status using appropriate terminology and format.
Assessment Measures
Includes but is not limited to preceptor and faculty evaluation of clinical performance, completion of clinical logs, case studies; exams, and student presentations, and other strategies including using available technology for direct observation of clinical practice.
Published
June 2023