Subject: Nursing
Course Number: 283.20
Course Title: Advanced Acute Care Pediatric Nursing I
Units: 3
School: Nursing
Department: Family Health Care Nursing

Course Description: This course focuses on the pathophysiology, symptomology, diagnostic and therapeutic evaluation, and management in acute care pediatric nurse practitioner practice for infants, children, and adolescents with complex acute, critical, and chronic health conditions. It highlights pediatric pulmonary, cardiovascular, neurologic, metabolic, and genetics-linked conditions with an emphasis on applying evidence-based practice to guide culturally sensitive and ethical care.
Prerequisites: Enrolled in the Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner specialty program or instructor approval.
Restrictions: Enrollment as an Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner specialty student, or as a Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner specialty post-graduate student, or instructor approval.
Activities: Direct - Lecture, Direct - Seminar, Online - Web-based course work, Student - Lecture, Student - Seminar, Student - Web-based course work

Instructor of Record: S. Staveski
May the student choose the instructor for this course? No
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No

Quarter(s) Offered: Spring
Course Grading Convention: Letter Grade
Graduate Division course: Yes
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? Yes
Repeat course for credit? No