Subject: Nursing
Course Number: 283.21
Course Title: Advanced Acute Care Pediatric Nursing II
Units: 3
School: Nursing
Department: Family Health Care Nursing

Course Description: This course focuses on the pathophysiology, symptomology, diagnostic & therapeutic evaluation, and management in acute care PNP practice for infants, children, and adolescents with complex acute, critical, and chronic health conditions. It highlights pediatric dermatologic, immunologic, rheumatologic, toxicologic, otolaryngologic, hematologic, oncologic, and infectious disease 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. Completion of NURSING 283.20.
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, Student - Lecture, Synchronous - Lecture

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

Quarter(s) Offered: Fall
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