SCHOOL OF NURSING
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)