NUR6150 Advanced Prac/ce in Primary Care: Pediatrics Signature Assignment Understanding disease condi/ons specific to pediatrics is vital to ensure proper and /mely diagnosis and treatment to improve healthcare

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GRADUATE STUDIES
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING – FNP
NUR6150 Advanced Prac/ce in Primary Care: Pediatrics
Signature Assignment
Understanding disease condi/ons specific to pediatrics is vital to ensure proper and /mely diagnosis and treatment to improve healthcare outcomes for the pa/ent. The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate one disease condi/on in the pediatric popula/on and explore current evidence-based guidelines and treatments to determine a proper plan of care.
This assignment will focus on the following course student learning outcomes (CSLO):
2. Develop advanced prac/ce care plans to help manage the delivery of health care to the pediatric client and family (EOPSLO# 3, 5, 6, 7).
3. U/lize relevant evidence-based research findings in the clinical management of the pediatric client (EOPSLO# 1, 3, 4).
4. Integrate legal, ethical, socioeconomic, psychosocial, and cultural factors in the delivery of health care to the pediatric client (EOPSLO# 2, 6).
6. Communicate prac/ce knowledge effec/vely both orally and in wri/ng (EOPSLO# 5).
7. Demonstrates informa/on literacy skills in complex decision-making (EOPSLO# 1, 5).
Instruc+ons: Please choose one pediatric health condi/on learned in the course. Once the health condi/on is chosen, you are to write a three-to-five-page paper in APA format 7th edi/on with the following sec/ons and level 2 headings:
Introduc@on
-Brief overview of pediatric health
-Introduce the disease condi/on chosen
-Importance of understanding the condi/on
Presenta@on of Condi@on
-Describe the condi/on chosen and its pathophysiology.
-What signs/symptoms are iden/fied in the pa/ent that can be found?
-Iden/fy if there can be presenta/on varia/ons based on culture, race, ethnicity, age, etc.
Diagnosis of Condi@on
-Diagnos/c tes/ng (include imaging, labs, and other necessary evalua/ons based on condi/on)
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-Clinical evalua/on via medical history and physical examina/on
Treatment of Condi@on
-Medica/ons
-Treatments
-Managing symptoms (if needed)
-Non-pharmacological treatments (if applicable)
Poten@al Health Risks if Leo Untreated
-Physical and mental health risks
Recent Evidence-Based Advancements in Condi@on
-Choose one evidence-based treatment that has shown to improve condi/on within the last 5 years.
-Briefly summarize the treatment and results.
Conclusion
-Recap points discussed in paper
-Importance of management and early diagnosis (if applicable)