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Dec 14, 2025
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University General Course Catalog 2020-2021 ARCHIVED CATALOG: LINKS AND CONTENT ARE OUT OF DATE. CHECK WITH YOUR ADVISOR.
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NURS 742 - Pediatric Wellness, Development, and Primary Care (3 units)
This course focuses on the pathophysiology and clinic decision-making for managing health and developmental care of children from newborn to adolescence. Management focuses on the integration of primary, acute, and chronic care, as well as the experience of the child and family, in the role of the advanced practice nurse in delivering care.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Graduate Certificate. Corequisite(s): NURS 743 .
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Summer
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. utilize knowledge and skills to assess, diagnose, and treat children with acute, chronic, and preventative healthcare needs.
2. provide comprehensive, and developmentally appropriate, health education and health maintenance to pediatric patients and their families.
3. identify and integrate evidence-based findings into the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of illness from birth to adolescence.
4. integrate nursing theory into the delivery of advanced practice nursing care.
5. begin to integrate into practice the standards of care as defined by the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) “Bright Futures” guidelines.
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