Description
Provide primary and specialty health care to infants, children, and adolescents, independently or within a pediatric team. Diagnose and treat acute, episodic, and chronic conditions; emphasize health promotion, disease prevention, and developmental care. Order, perform, and interpret pediatric diagnostic tests; prescribe medications and therapies with weight-based dosing. Must be a registered nurse with specialized graduate education as a pediatric nurse practitioner.
- • Educate children and caregivers on self-management of acute and chronic pediatric conditions, tailored to family needs.
- • Schedule follow-up visits for growth monitoring, medication management, and care plan evaluation.
- • Counsel families on pediatric drug regimens, side effects, interactions, safe storage, and accurate dosing.
- • Order, perform, and interpret pediatric diagnostic tests, such as CBCs, rapid strep, urinalysis, radiographs, EKGs, spirometry, and point-of-care tests.
- • Obtain and analyze pediatric histories, including birth, immunization, and developmental milestones, to develop diagnoses.
- • Diagnose and treat common acute pediatric illnesses and injuries, including otitis media, pharyngitis, bronchiolitis, asthma exacerbations, and minor trauma.
- • Diagnose and manage chronic pediatric conditions, such as asthma, ADHD, type 1 diabetes, eczema, and obesity.
- • Manage complex, comorbid, or unstable pediatric conditions in collaboration with other clinicians or emergency services.
- • Provide primary pediatric care for conditions such as fever, headaches, urinary tract infections, upper respiratory infections, and dermatologic disorders.
- • Consult with and refer to pediatric subspecialists when conditions exceed scope or require advanced care.
- • Detect and respond to pediatric adverse drug reactions and dosing errors, with heightened attention to infants and children.
- • Develop evidence-based, age-appropriate treatment plans aligned with AAP, CDC, and professional guidelines.
- • Perform pediatric procedures, including immunizations, suturing, splinting, wound care, nebulizer treatments, and specimen collection.
- • Conduct well-child, school, and sports physical examinations with developmental, hearing, and vision screenings.
- • Prescribe medications and therapeutic devices as legally authorized, emphasizing safety, efficacy, and cost.
- • Deliver anticipatory guidance on nutrition, sleep, oral health, mental health, puberty, injury prevention, and safe technology use.
- • Recommend diagnostic and therapeutic interventions considering safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy for families.
- • Implement behavior-change strategies for health risks, such as weight management, physical activity, screen time, and substance use prevention.
- • Calculate and prescribe weight-based medication dosages, routes, and frequencies.
- • Advocate for child- and family-centered, culturally competent, and accessible care that minimizes environmental health risks, such as lead exposure and asthma triggers.
- • Connect families with community resources, such as WIC, early intervention, school-based services, behavioral health, and social support.
- • Maintain comprehensive pediatric documentation, including growth charts, immunization records, and care plans.
- • Stay current with pediatric literature, guidelines, and continuing education; participate in professional organizations.
- • Monitor and navigate payer systems, including Medicaid, CHIP, managed care, and the Vaccines for Children program.
- • Maintain knowledge of state regulations for PNP practice, including reimbursement, minor consent and confidentiality, and mandated reporting.
- • Uphold clinic policies for safety, infection control, and vaccine storage and handling.
- • Supervise and coordinate pediatric care team activities and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
