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This course provides an intensive and comprehensive introduction to the skills of history taking and advanced physical assessment for the pediatric patient, from newborns through adolescence. Lectures are designed to help the nurse practitioner (NP) or Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) student apply their knowledge of general physical assessment to pediatric and adolescent clients in the primary care setting. Emphasis is placed on interviewing and physical exam techniques for different developmental levels, documentation of data, the differentiation between normal and abnormal findings, recognition of common health problems, and the process of critically thinking through problems related to child health. Pre/Corequisites: NR.110.502, 110.508, 110.548, and 110.549