Pediatric Updates: Primary Care: 2021 Current Concepts
Explore the range of what you might see any given day in primary care! From the routine (vaccines, newborn screenings, and coughs) to less common issues – bleeding disorders, renal concerns, and neonatal ICU graduates –elevate your knowledge for your patients. Additional topics include febrile seizures, Group A Strep, and childhood trauma, as well as recognizing and supporting victims of child sex trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation.
Topics include:
Routine vaccines and rationales for the vaccine schedules
Rotavirus vaccines
Newborn screening
Febrile seizures
Effective management of cough
Group A Strep
Bleeding disorders presenting with menorrhagia in adolescents
Hematuria/proteinuria
Neonatal ICU graduates
Child sex trafficking
Childhood trauma/adverse experiences
For APRNs, RNs, or those familiar with Primary Care scope of practice.View Content Outline
7.5 NAPNAP CE contact hours of which 2.0 contains pharmacology (Rx) content, (0 related to psychopharmacology) (0.25 related to controlled substances).
Answers are due 150 days from order process date.
42 questions.
What references are included?
11 online PDF articles or web resources (included/provided) to support answering all 42 questions.
Sample Question
Q. A child who presented 2 days ago with localized cellulitis at the site of a bee sting returns with fever and malaise. Which dermatologic finding is MOST characteristic of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome? A. generalized erythroderma B. purpura with hemorrhagic or serous bullae C. mildly raised, circular erythematous lesions with central clearing D. small, mobile, firm nodules over joints of the upper extremities and dorsal surface of feet