Throughout the course you will have 4 Knowledge Check assessments, one in each module. These exercises are situated to provide you with formative practice, help you gauge your understanding of each module, and prepare for the Midterm in Week 6 and the Final Exam in Week 11. Looking ahead, each Knowledge Check also helps to […]

Week 3: School-Age Children and Adolescents Consider the range of pediatric patients you may see in an average day as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Some may be the little ones you examined previously. Some may be young school-age children whose stages of growth and development are closer to preschoolers and not yet transitioning to middle […]

Week 2: Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers When we think of human growth and development, perhaps no age comes to mind more vividly than the youngest children. Tracking the extraordinary changes that occur with often amazing speed from birth to the advent of formal schooling around age 5 is exciting, awe-inspiring, and frequently, anxiety producing for […]

Imagine this is your first day or perhaps your 500th day as a Family Nurse Practitioner. You enter the examination room where a young child—infant, toddler, preschooler—and one or more family members, who may be a parent, grandparent, or other caregiver, are waiting for you. Imagine the child and family are new patients, and this […]

Assignment: i-Human Case Studies Photo Credit: Oksana Kuzmina / Adobe Stock   In the weeks ahead, you will be required to complete assignments addressing specific health conditions through a virtual patient encounter using the i-Human simulation software. You will have a total of six i-Human Case Study Assignments throughout the course, which you will complete […]

Week 1: Overview of Growth and Development and Genetic Conditions How many times have you wished you had a crystal ball? How often have you thought, If only I had known…in relation to personal and professional decisions? We all wish we always had the best information and advice available for charting the best path forward. […]

Refer to your FNP Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form from your previous assignment in this week and consider your strengths and opportunities for improvement. Journal Entry (450–500 words):    Explain what most excites and/or concerns you about pediatric clinical experiences. Include a description of your strengths and weaknesses in terms of working with children […]

Discussion: Positive Regard Carl Rogers, a humanistic psychologist, believed that individuals must feel accepted for who they are in order to have a high level of self-worth (Farber & Doolin, 2011). Rogers coined the term “positive regard” to explain this concept of feeling accepted. Also, he believed that positive regard is essential to personal growth […]

Power point and Speak note: conduct a comprehensive review on the use of ChatGPT and Generative AI in Healthcare. 1. How can it fill in the gap in current health practice, and workload/productivity of healthcare professionals 2. How can ChatGPT and other similar generative AI tools impact healthcare and data analytics. 3. What are some […]

What are some of the threats to information and information systems that you see at your facility and what actions would you specifically take to improve the protection of information and your system’s information technology, and why?