Subject: Nursing
Course Number: 283.21
Course Title: Advanced Acute Care Pediatric Nursing and Pharmacology II
Units: 4
School: Nursing
Department: Family Health Care Nursing

Course Description: This course focuses on pathophysiology, pharmacology, diagnostics, and advanced nursing practice in the management of infants, children, and adolescents with acute, critical, and chronic health conditions. It highlights pediatric dermatologic, toxicologic, otolaryngologic, immunologic, genetic, hematologic, oncologic, and infectious conditions, including palliative and end of life care, with an emphasis on applying evidence-based practice to guide assessment, diagnosis, and management decisions.
Prerequisites: Completion of the following year 1 Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner specialty program coursework: NURSING N270, NURSING N208, SKILLS LAB 413.11, NURSING 283A, and year 2 ACPNP coursework: NURSING 283.20.
Restrictions: Enrollment as an Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner specialty student, or as an 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: B. Christiansen
May the student choose the instructor for this course? No
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No

Quarter(s) Offered: Winter
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