

Unit 10 – Required Resources
• Burns, C. E., Dunn, A. M., Brady ,M. A., Starr, N. B., Blosser, C. G., & Garzon, D. L. (2016). Pediatric primary care. (6th Ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-323-24338-4
o Chapters: 23, 28, 38, and 40
• Khrizman, M., Pakalnis, A. (2018). Management of pediatric migraine: Current therapies (Links to an external site.). Pediatric Annals, 47(2), 55-60. doi:10.3928/19382359-20180129-02.
• de Martino, M., Chiarugi, A., Boner, A., Montini, G. de’ Angelis, Gianluigi L. (2017). Working towards an appropriate use of ibuprofen in children: An evidence-based appraisal (Links to an external site.). Drugs, 77(12), 1295-1311. doi:10.1007/s40265-017-0751-z.
Pediatric Neurologic and Musculoskeletal Disorders Pain Management
Instructions
It is anticipated that the initial discussion response should be in the range of 250-300 words. Response posts must demonstrate topic knowledge and scholarly engagement with peers. This is not the only criteria utilized for evaluation; substantive content is imperative. All questions in the topic must be addressed. Please proofread your response carefully for grammar and spelling. Do not upload any attachments. All responses need to be supported by a minimum of one scholarly resource. Journals and websites must be cited appropriately. Citation and reference must adhere to APA format.
Discussion Prompt
• Please evaluate the subjective and objective information provided to you in the file below.
• The first part of the discussion board is to identify all pertinent positive and negative information.
• What other questions may you want to ask the patient?
• How will you address these findings?
• Now create a plan utilizing clinical practice guidelines for the priority diagnosis.
• Be sure to include APA in-text citations and provide full reference citation at the end of the discussion.
Attached File
• NU632 Unit 10 Discussion Case
Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Discussion Peer/Participation Prompt [Due Sunday]
Instructions:
Please respond to two peers’ post regarding their plan.
• What did you find interesting about their response?
• How did their plan compare to yours?
• Do you agree with their plan and recommendations?
Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour
Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria .
Unit 11 – Required Resources
• Burns, C. E., Dunn, A. M., Brady ,M. A., Starr, N. B., Blosser, C. G., & Garzon, D. L. (2016). Pediatric primary care. (6th Ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-323-24338-4.
o Chapters: 24, 25, 37, and 42.
• Conceicao, V. (2016). The nursing management of infantile eczema (Links to an external site.). Journal of Community Nursing, 30(5), 12-13.
• Pasteur, S. (2018). Preventing meningitis (Links to an external site.). [Website].
Discussion: Unit 11, Due
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Dermatologic Disorders
Instructions
It is anticipated that the initial discussion response should be in the range of 250-300 words. Response posts must demonstrate topic knowledge and scholarly engagement with peers. This is not the only criteria utilized for evaluation; substantive content is imperative. All questions in the topic must be addressed. Please proofread your response carefully for grammar and spelling. Do not upload any attachments. All responses need to be supported by a minimum of one scholarly resource. Journals and websites must be cited appropriately. Citation and reference must adhere to APA format.
Discussion Prompt
Please evaluate the subjective and objective information provided to you in the file below.
• The first part of the discussion board is to identify all pertinent positive and negative information.
• Then create a differential diagnosis list with at least 3 possibly actual diagnosis based on your findings.
• Second part is to create a plan utilizing clinical practice guidelines for the priority diagnosis.
• Be sure to include APA in-text citations and provide full reference citation at the end of the discussion.
Attached File
• NU632 Unit 11 Discussion Case
Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Unit 12 – Required Resources
• Burns, C. E., Dunn, A. M., Brady ,M. A., Starr, N. B., Blosser, C. G., & Garzon, D. L. (2016). Pediatric primary care. (6th Ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-323-24338-4
o Chapters: 26 and 27
• Astrup, J. (2017). Diabetes: the avoidable epidemic (Links to an external site.). Community Practitioner, 90(10), 12-13.
• Butler, A. M. (2017). Social determinants of health and Racial/Ethnic disparities in type 2 diabetes in youth (Links to an external site.). Current Diabetes Reports, 17(8), 1-4.
• Ehehalt, S., Wiegand, S., Körner, A., Schweizer, R., Liesenkötter, K., Partsch, C., Reinehr, T. (2017). Diabetes screening in overweight and obese children and adolescents: Choosing the right test (Links to an external site.). European Journal of Pediatrics, 176(1), 89-97. doi:10.1007/s00431-016-2807-6
• Kamboj, M.K, Henry, R.K. (2017). Children and adolescents and diabetes (Links to an external site.). International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health, 10(4), 407-419.
• American Thyroid Association (2018). Hypothyroidism (Links to an external site.). [Website].
• American Thyroid Association (2018). Graves’ Disease (Links to an external site.). [Website].
• Mayo Clinic (2018). Precocious puberty (Links to an external site.). [Website].
• National Hemophilia Foundation (2018). What is a bleeding disorder? (Links to an external site.) [Website].
• National Hemophilia Foundation (2018). Bleeding disorders (Links to an external site.). [Website].
• Kids Health (2018). Sickle cell disease (Links to an external site.). [Website].
• St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (2018). Diseases treated at St. Jude (Links to an external site.). [Website]
Discussion: Unit 12,
Care Management
Instructions
It is anticipated that the initial discussion response should be in the range of 250-300 words. Response posts must demonstrate topic knowledge and scholarly engagement with peers. This is not the only criteria utilized for evaluation; substantive content is imperative. All questions in the topic must be addressed. Please proofread your response carefully for grammar and spelling. Do not upload any attachments. All responses need to be supported by a minimum of one scholarly resource. Journals and websites must be cited appropriately. Citation and reference must adhere to APA format.
Discussion Prompt
Please evaluate the subjective and objective information provided to you in the file below.
• The first part of the discussion board is to identify all pertinent positive and negative information.
• What other questions may you want to ask the patient?
• How will you address these findings?
• Now create a plan utilizing clinical practice guidelines for the priority diagnosis.
• Be sure to include APA in-text citations and provide full reference citation at the end of the discussion.
Attached File
• NU632 Unit 12 Discussion Case
Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Unit 13 – Required Resources
• Burns, C. E., Dunn, A. M., Brady ,M. A., Starr, N. B., Blosser, C. G., & Garzon, D. L. (2016). Pediatric primary care. (6th Ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-323-24338-4
o Chapters: 15, 18, and 36
• Riskind, R. G., Tornello, S. L., Younger, B. C., & Patterson, C. J. (2014). Sexual identity, partner gender, and sexual health among adolescent girls in the United States (Links to an external site.). American Journal of Public Health,104(10), 1957-1963. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302037
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018). Health care providers and teen pregnancy prevention. (Links to an external site.) [Digital article].
• Healthy Children (2018). Driving safety (Links to an external site.). [Website].
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018). Sexually transmitted disease surveillance 2017 (Links to an external site.). [Website].
• Healthy Children (2018). Substance abuse (Links to an external site.). [Website].
• LGBT Resource for Clinicians [printable PDF]
Discussion: Unit 13,
Adolescent High-Risk Behaviors
Instructions
It is anticipated that the initial discussion response should be in the range of 250-300 words. Response posts must demonstrate topic knowledge and scholarly engagement with peers. This is not the only criteria utilized for evaluation; substantive content is imperative. All questions in the topic must be addressed. Please proofread your response carefully for grammar and spelling. Do not upload any attachments. All responses need to be supported by a minimum of one scholarly resource. Journals and websites must be cited appropriately. Citation and reference must adhere to APA format.
Discussion Prompt
• Please evaluate the subjective and objective information provided to you in the file below.
• The first part of the discussion board is to identify all pertinent positive and negative information.
• What other questions may you want to ask the patient?
• How will you address these findings?
• Now create a plan utilizing clinical practice guidelines for the priority diagnosis.
• Be sure to include APA in-text citations and provide full reference citation at the end of the discussion.
Attached File
• NU632 Unit 13 Discussion Case
Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Unit 14 – Required Resources
• Burns, C. E., Dunn, A. M., Brady ,M. A., Starr, N. B., Blosser, C. G., & Garzon, D. L. (2016). Pediatric primary care. (6th Ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-323-24338-4
o Chapters 19 and 20
• Park, C., Tan, X., Patel, I. B., Reiff, A., Balkrishnan, R., & Chang, J. (2014). Racial health disparities among special health care needs children with mental disorders: Do medical homes cater to their needs (Links to an external site.)? Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 5(4), 253-262. doi:10.1177/2150131914539814.
• Tobler, A. L., Maldonado-Molina, M. M., Staras, S. A., O’Mara, R. J., Livingston, M. D., & Komro, K. A. (2013). Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, problem behaviors, and mental health among minority urban youth (Links to an external site.). Ethnicity & Health, 18(4), 337-349. doi:10.1080/13557858.2012.730609.
• Nierengarten, M. B. (2017). Mental health services in primary care (Links to an external site.). Contemporary Pediatrics, 34 (3), 30-34.
• Merck Manual (2018). Overview of learning disorders (Links to an external site.). [Online version].
• Merck Manual (2018). Intellectual disability (Links to an external site.). [Online version].
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018). Developmental monitoring and screening for health professionals (Links to an external site.). [Website].
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018). Children’s Mental Health (Links to an external site.). [Website].
Mental Health Considerations
Instructions
It is anticipated that the initial discussion response should be in the range of 250-300 words. Response posts must demonstrate topic knowledge and scholarly engagement with peers. This is not the only criteria utilized for evaluation; substantive content is imperative. All questions in the topic must be addressed. Please proofread your response carefully for grammar and spelling. Do not upload any attachments. All responses need to be supported by a minimum of one scholarly resource. Journals and websites must be cited appropriately. Citation and reference must adhere to APA format.
Discussion Prompt
• Please evaluate the subjective and objective information provided to you in the file below.
• The first part of the discussion board is to identify all pertinent positive and negative information.
• What other questions or assessment may you want to ask the patient?
• How will you address these findings?
• Now create a plan utilizing clinical practice guidelines for the priority diagnosis.
• Be sure to include APA in-text citations and provide full reference citation at the end of the discussion.
Attached File
• NU632 Unit 14 Discussion Case
Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Unit 15 – Required Resources
• Burns, C. E., Dunn, A. M., Brady ,M. A., Starr, N. B., Blosser, C. G., & Garzon, D. L. (2016). Pediatric primary care. (6th Ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-323-24338-4
o Chapter: 44
• Olmstead, D., Scott, S., & Austin, W. (2010). Unresolved pain in children: A relational ethics perspective (Links to an external site.). Nursing Ethics, 17(6), 695-704. doi:10.1177/0969733010378932.
• Kuo, D. Z., Goudie, A., Cohen, E., Houtrow, A., Agrawal, R., Carle, A. C., & Wells, N. (2014). Inequities in health care needs for children with medical complexity (Links to an external site.). Health Affairs, 33(12), 2190-2198. doi:http://dx.doi.org.prx-herzing.lirn.net/10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0273.
• Medicaid.gov (2018). Medicaid and CHIP program (Links to an external site.). [Website].
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• Powell, K. T. (2017). Changing ethics of pediatric health care: The last 50 years (Links to an external site.). Pediatric News. [Digital article].
• Tan, S.Y. (2017). Determining patiets’ decisional capacity (Links to an external site.). Pediatric News. [Digital article].
Discussion: Unit 15,
Ethics and Professionalism
Instructions
It is anticipated that the initial discussion response should be in the range of 250-300 words. Response posts must demonstrate topic knowledge and scholarly engagement with peers. This is not the only criteria utilized for evaluation; substantive content is imperative. All questions in the topic must be addressed. Please proofread your response carefully for grammar and spelling. Do not upload any attachments. All responses need to be supported by a minimum of one scholarly resource. Journals and websites must be cited appropriately. Citation and reference must adhere to APA format.
Discussion Prompt [Due Wednesday]
Select ONE of the questions listed below and create a substantive initial post. Please post the question number you chose in the title of your post. (i.e. Question 2 parent history).
1. As a primary care provider working in an underprivileged free clinic you realize there are some challenges and barriers in your patient population. You are seeing a number of children with significant health conditions and inadequate follow-up. What can you do as a community provider to promote social justice and reduce health disparities in this population?
2. You have just taken your first role as an APRN in a primary care clinic. What is your personal philosophy for care within this population? Describe your framework related to professional and accrediting agency competencies for your role and scope of practice within your state’s nurse practice act. What type of practice agreement will you need in your state? What questions do you have about your role and scope of practice? What resources do you have in your practice community to assist you in navigating this new professional role?
Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Unit 16 Discussion – Reflection
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Directions
Please respond to the following questions based upon these course objectives:
1. Distinguish between normal and abnormal physical findings, psychosocial changes and cultural practices associated with common diagnoses of infants, children and adolescents.
2. Identify syndromes and disease states commonly managed by advanced practice nurses in pediatric populations.
3. Critique existing protocols and best practices that address differential diagnosis, pharmacotherapeutic intervention, and resources to manage and evaluate acute and chronic illness in infant, children and adolescent populations.
4. Plan and implement therapeutic interventions to return the infant, child or adolescent to a stable state and/or optimize the patient’s health.
5. Evaluate local, state, and federal policy and resources which influence the availability of healthcare for infant, children and adolescent populations.
6. Effectively manage communication central to shared decision-making with other health care professionals and patients, demonstrating awareness of gender and cultural differences.
Please answer the following questions with supporting examples and full explanations.
1. For each of the learning objectives, provide an analysis of how the course supported each objective.
2. Explain how the material learned in this course, based upon the objectives, will be applicable to professional application.
Provide evidence (citations and references) to support your statements and opinions. Responses to these questions are due by Tuesday at midnight.