Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care II: Advanced Procedures

This course focuses on procedural skill development for the preparation of acute care pediatric nurse practitioners and accompanies the advanced practice Acute Care Pediatric Nursing II course. Students will learn the principles of each technical skill, practice the skills using high tech mannequins and equipment in the Clinical Learning Simulation Center (CSLC), and demonstrate competency in each of the assigned skills by the end of the semester. This course will focus on the skills needed for five systems presented in Acute Care Pediatric Nursing I, as well as emergency management, toxicology, principles of sedation, and child maltreatment. Using compassionate communication techniques while speaking with children and their parents before, during and after procedures will be practiced by the students during each procedure performed in the CSLC.