Advanced Pediatric Nursing Care: Infections, Pharmacology, Respiratory Disease and more!

Pediatric providers are facing growing challenges - from rising obesity and asthma rates to emerging infections, medication changes, and the need for inclusive care. But between packed schedules and complex cases, it’s hard to stay ahead of it all. That’s where Advanced Pediatric Nursing Care comes in. Designed for busy pediatric nurses and advanced practice clinicians, this course delivers cutting-edge guidance on the most urgent issues in pediatric care, from ADHD and asthma to food allergies, renal disease, LGBTQ+ youth health, sleep disorders, and more.

With 12+ expert faculty, real-world strategies, and 21.75 CE hours (including 7.0 pharmacology CE hours), you’ll walk away ready to prescribe confidently, streamline your practice, and make better decisions - fast. Learn to interpret labs and X-rays, spot red flags, prescribe smarter, and lead the way in pediatric care that’s compassionate, inclusive, and evidence-based.

You’ll feel more than updated. You’ll feel empowered.

An Approach to Chronic Abdominal Pain in Children

• Develop a differential diagnosis for chronic abdominal pain in children.

• Recognize alarm symptoms that may require more extensive evaluation and/or referral to a pediatric gastroenterologist.

The Childhood Obesity Epidemic: How Can we Make a Difference?

• Discuss how healthcare professionals and community organizations can make a difference in the childhood obesity epidemic.

• Determine how a specific community childhood obesity intervention program can be replicated in their own community.

Vascular Access in Pediatric Patients: An Evidence-Based Approach

• Differentiate between central and peripheral devices, and the indications for each.

• Analyze both proper and improper function of central and peripheral devices and know basic troubleshooting steps.

• Outline guidelines to provide high quality care and maintenance of central and peripheral devices.

• Execute a successful bedside vascular access procedure based on the patient's developmental stage (IV insertion, PICC or midline insertion, VAD dressing change, blood draw)

Kids vs. Bugs: Insights into Pediatric Infections

• Accurately recognize and distinguish between common pediatric infections, understanding their distinct presentations in both primary care and acute care settings.

• Outline appropriate diagnostic approaches and evidence-based treatment modalities for common pediatric infections.

• Recognize when infections need emergent care and when to refer cases for specialized care.

Breathing Easy

• Analyze the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of pediatric asthma, including identifying potential triggers and risk factors.

• Develop proficiency in utilizing evidence-based assessment tools and diagnostic tests for accurate diagnosis and classification of asthma severity in pediatric patients.

• Implement comprehensive and individualized management plans, including pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, patient education, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Beyond Bedtime Battles: Managing Pediatric Sleep Disorders

• Identify key characteristics of common sleep disorders.

• Apply evidence-based assessment techniques, including validated screening tools to assist in the diagnosis of various sleep disorders.

• Implement a range of effective interventions and management strategies for pediatric sleep disorders, incorporating behavior, pharmacological, and environmental approaches, to optimize sleep habits in children and adolescents.

Pediatric Respiratory Threats

• Identify the distinguishing clinical features and diagnostic criteria for pediatric respiratory illnesses including RSV, COVID, flu, pertussis, and pneumonia, enhancing practitioners' ability to accurately diagnose these conditions in pediatric patients.

• Evaluate current evidence-based treatment modalities and emerging therapeutic approaches for managing pediatric respiratory illnesses, in both primary and acute care.

LGBTQ+ Basics for Clinicians: Caring for Children and Families

• Utilize appropriate terminology when working with LGBTQ+ children and families.

• Analyze health disparities experience by LGBTQ+ children and families.

• Raise awareness of healthcare provider cultural competency.

• Facilitate Inclusive and trust-building conversations with both children and their families.

Pediatric Food Allergy

• Characterize the growing prevalence of food allergy among infants and children and the types of reactions.

• Evaluate test methods for detection and diagnosis of food allergy.

• Develop management strategies to optimize nutrition in the allergic child and prevent allergic progression.

• Identify how to implement oral immunotherapy (OIT) in the management of pediatric food allergy.

• Discuss quality of life issues for children with several food allergies.

Nutrition in Pediatric Renal Disease

• Differentiate between acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD)

• Determine kidney diseases that lead to CKD

• Identify specific nutrition needs of patients with renal issues

• Analyze common conditions that are now prevalent in pediatric patients:

  • Hypertension

  • Kidney Stones

Prescribing Dermatologic Medications for Children

• Analyze the recommendations for treating common dermatologic conditions.

• Identify the safety issues with dermatologic agents.

• Describe new drugs on the horizon.

Pediatric Pharmacology

• Determine the relevant epidemiology of ADD/ADHD.

• Formulate a diagnosis ADD/ADHD based off the DSM-5 criteria.

• Optimize appropriate nonpharmacological treatment options.

• Analyze the pharmacological properties of amphetamine salts dosage forms.

• Select appropriate medications based off the most up to date literature and pharmacogenomics.

Advanced Pediatric Lab and X-ray Interpretation

• Identify the approach to interpreting a pediatric chest X-ray.

• Identify the common indications that we obtain X-rays in children.

• Discuss the indications and interpretation of the CBC w/differential.

• Discuss the newborn screening process and common conditions tested in most states.

• State the signs and symptoms of cystic fibrosis and discuss confirmatory lab testing.

• List common allergens in children and approach to allergy testing in primary care.

Maximize Your Message: Using Social Media to Influence Pediatric Health Care

• Identify the different social media platforms used to share health information.

• Determine you Why and What for a social presence.

• Describe a SMART approach to share authentic and transparent information on social media.

Credit eligibility by state, board, and more information can be found here: Advanced Pediatric Nursing Care