“The end result, of course, is to empower the patient or the family or the person to advance to self-care and to be responsible for that” – Loretta Ford

Dear Future Pediatric Nurse Practitioner:

This is your LIQUID Syllabus! We will use this liquid syllabus throughout your next 4 semesters so be sure to bookmark this page! You can come here to explore faculty, assignments, and to view your course calendar (don't worry, it will be linked in your course website in case you misplace it.). This page will always be available to you, even before your course website opens! We cannot WAIT to see how you grow over these next semesters! Welcome to the journey! Please use the activity below to help you learn to navigate through this new syllabus format AND give us feedback.

Winter 2023 syllabus ACTIVITY:

Please use this link to the Syllabus Scavenger Hunt to guide you through changes this semester - we will review these answers on your first day of class!

How these classes work

This four-semester progression of courses is where you will learn all the fun things that will make you a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner! In your first semester (level I) you will learn about Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Your courses will work together to teach you about normal growth and development of the pediatric patient and begin to deepen your knowledge of common complaints encountered in pediatrics. When you move into your second semester (level II) you will be ready to begin learning more about Common Health Problems in the pediatric patient and continue to develop your diagnostic reasoning and clinical judgement. In your third semester (level III) we will expand on this to discuss Complex Health Problems that might be managed along side subspecialty healthcare providers such as endocrine or cardiology. Finally, as you begin to transition into your role as a nurse practitioner, in your fourth semester (level IV) you will learn about all the transitions in the pediatric patient - believe it or not, there is more than you think!

Winter - Level I: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Summer - Level II: Common Health Problems
Fall - Level III: Complex Health Problems
Winter - Level IV: Transitions in Care

Before you know it, four semesters will have come and gone. You will have seen virtual patients, simulated patients, and REAL patients and will be on your way to seeing your OWN patients!

This four-semester progression of courses is where you will learn all the fun things that will make you a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner! In your first semester (level I) you will learn about Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Your courses will work together to teach you about normal growth and development of the pediatric patient and begin to deepen your knowledge of common complaints encountered in pediatrics. When you move into your second semester (level II) you will be ready to begin learning more about Common Health Problems in the pediatric patient and continue to develop your diagnostic reasoning and clinical judgement. In your third semester (level III) we will expand on this to discuss Complex Health Problems that might be managed along side subspecialty healthcare providers such as endocrine or cardiology. Finally, as you begin to transition into your role as a nurse practitioner, in your fourth semester (level IV) you will learn about all the transitions in the pediatric patient - believe it or not, there is more than you think!

Winter - Level I: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Summer - Level II: Common Health Problems
Fall - Level III: Complex Health Problems
Winter - Level IV: Transitions in Care

Before you know it, four semesters will have come and gone. You will have seen virtual patients, simulated patients, and REAL patients and will be on your way to seeing your OWN patients!

Winter 2023 Courses

NUR 764

NUR 767

Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said the finest of Fine Arts. - Florence Nightingale

How to be successful during your last year:

Use your resources! Just like in practice, you may not ALWAYS have the information, but you do need to know where to find it!
Be organized! Find what works for you to keep track of important due dates. Set times to work on module content and build your rhythm. Each module has a wrap up assignment due the following Wednesday.
Engage the content! Each week you will receive announcements outlining the expectations for the week, including upcoming due dates and in class (if applicable) agendas. Don't leave it all until the last minute. Studies show that cramming does not produce long term memory retention, and where the care of children is concerned, memory matters!
Have fun! This is your passion, so you should enjoy it! No one attends graduate school on a whim, you are here because you want to be and we are here because we LOVE what we do and want to help you love it to! Soon you will be our colleagues and sharing in the growth of pediatric healthcare!

Dr. Quick's To-Do List:

Just like my suggestion to you, I try to stay organized. I have found I am most efficient when I give myself a to-do list or schedule. In general you can expect the following from me during the week:

Monday announcements and meetings
Tuesday grading and feedback AND office hours 10am-12pm*
Wednesday is my practice day - I will often be away from email
Thursday mornings I block off for writing/scholarship so I may be slower to email. Semester weeks's 6&12 I am in class all day on Thursday's.
Friday classes (some weeks)
Emails (see below)

*office hours subject to change -any changes will be alerted in course announcements

After work this is how you'll find me, which is why I often won't be on email

How to reach me:

I want to hear from you! I'm usually pretty quick with replies, and generally respond within a day. Officially, if you contact me Monday-Friday, I will respond within 24 hours (generally MUCH sooner). If you email me outside of 8am-5pm or on weekends you'll find I might respond a little slower BUT I will respond promptly the following business day. Wednesday's I am in practice 8am-8pm and you will get a response the following business day.

I'm also happy to arrange times to meet individually in Zoom.