632a/b. Primary Care of Children I. 2 credit hours per term. This course provides clinical experience in well-child care and management of common pediatric problems with infants and children in primary care settings. Precepted experience begins second half of first term and continues through second term of the first year of specialization. Required for all pediatric nurse practitioner students. Students have 4.5 hours of clinical practice, six additional four-hour observation sessions with practitioners in the community, and five sessions in the newborn nursery. This course is graded on a Pass/Fail basis only. A one-hour clinical seminar runs for eight weeks in the fall and fifteen weeks in the spring. Prerequisite: successful completion of 630a. M. Meadows-Oliver.
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