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94 School of Nursingper week for acute care nurse practitioner students; twelve hours per week for clinicalnurse specialist, gerontological, and acute care nurse practitioner students. J. Coviello,M. Knobf.615a/b, Principles and Practice of Adult Specialty Care. 2 credit hours per term. Thiscourse provides comprehensive core content focusing on concepts of illness, health-promotion,and decision making. Emphasis is on assessment, diagnosis, and management ofcommon clinical problems. Diagnosis and management of these common clinical problemsare examined within the context of the acute, ambulatory, and/or long-term setting.Required for all oncology clinical nurse specialist and nurse practitioner students. Twohours per week. M. Knobf.625b, Children with Chronic Conditions/Disabilities and Their Families. 1.5 credithours. This course provides students with a forum to discuss theoretical concepts of illnessin relation to a family-centered model of care for children and adolescents with achronic condition/disability and their families. Relevant issues and such topics as servicedelivery, financing of care, and legislative and health policy issues are explored. Emphasisis placed on the role of advanced practice nursing in the provision of health care forchildren and adolescents with a chronic condition. Required for all pediatric nurse practitionerstudents in the first year of specialization. Open to others with permission of theinstructor. One and one-half hours per week. S. Santacroce.63oa, Pediatric Health Assessment. 1.5 credit hours. Development of skill and knowledgein physical and developmental assessment of children. Interviewing, collecting adata base, problem-oriented records, and physical examination are taught in lecture,seminar, and self-study modes. A lab fee is assessed for this course. First half of first termof specialization. Required for all pediatric nurse practitioner students. Ten hours perweek for seven weeks. M. Meadows, coordinator.631b, Family Systems and Perspectives Relevant to Health Care. See 849a forcourse description.632, Primary Care of Children I. 3 credit hours. This course provides clinical experiencein well-child care and management of common pediatric problems with infants andchildren in primary care settings. Precepted experience begins second half of first termand continues through second term of the first year of specialization. Required for allpediatric nurse practitioner students. Beginning in the eighth week of the fall term, fivehours of clinical practice and one hour of clinical conference per week. Six additional sixhourobservation sessions with practitioners in the community. M. Meadows and PediatricNurse Practitioner faculty.633a, Health Promotion in Children. 1.5 credit hours. This lecture/seminar course isdesigned to introduce the student to the primary care of children from infancy throughpreadolescence. Concepts and theories related to well-child care are explored. Clinicalapplications of the theories and principles of preventive and optimal health care areemphasized. Required for all pediatric nurse practitioner and family nurse practitioner