NUR 740 - Advanced Health Assessment of Children - Theory

NUR 720, NUR 721, NUR 723, NUR 724, NUR 725; admission to the DNP Family Nurse Practitioner concentration. (2)

This course focuses on advanced health assessment and differential diagnosis for infants, toddlers, children and adolescents. Focus is placed on diagnostic reasoning including developmental, laboratory and diagnostic testing as a framework using cultural competence and evidenced based practice to synthesize knowledge for comprehensive assessments of pediatric clients. Advanced health assessment techniques are emphasized and refined. A variety of teaching and learning techniques are utilized to promote expanding proficiency in conducting history and physical examinations on the pediatric population. Graded ABCDE