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September 1971, Vol 122, No. 3 >
Article | September 1971

A Curricular Experiment With the Nurse Pediatrist FREE

Joseph W. St. Geme, MD; Ann B. Turner, RN; Gail S. Peirson, RN; Marc C. Gabel, MD
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Received for publication Feb 15, 1971; accepted May 18.

Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, Harbor General Hospital, UCLA School of Medicine, 1000 W Carson St, Torrance, Calif 90509 (Dr. St. Geme).


Am J Dis Child. 1971;122(3):195-201. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1971.02110030051002.
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In an effort to develop the most appropriate curriculum for the education of the nurse pediatrist, two nurses, with different backgrounds in nursing sciences, participated in a 21-month experimental course designed to train the nurse for an extended role as a participant on the child health care team. The nurses learned and performed satisfactorily, and were well accepted by pediatricians and parents. Experience with this curricular experiment suggests that a course similarly designed in categorical content but abbreviated to 12 months would be sufficient. Although programs such as this are only in early stages of development throughout the country, we predict that within ten years the nurse pediatrist will be a well-established member of the superior child health care team, in both private and public practice.

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Silver HK, Duncan BR: Evaluation of the pediatric nurse practitioner, in Proceedings of the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Society, Atlantic City, NJ, 1969.
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Schiff DW, Fraser CH, Walter HL:  The pediatric nurse practitioner in the office of pediatricians in private practice . Pediatrics 44:62-68, 1969;.
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Austin G, Foster W, Richards JC:  Pediatric screening examination in private practice . Pediatrics 41:115-119, 1968;.
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Skinner AL:  Parental acceptance of delegated pediatric services . Pediatrics 41:1003-1008, 1968;.
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Patterson PK, Bergman AB, Wedgwood RJ:  Parent reaction to the concept of pediatric assistants . Pediatrics 44:69-75, 1968;.
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Day LR, Engli R, Silver HK:  Acceptance of pediatric nurse practitioners: Parents' opinion of combined care by a pediatrician and a pediatric nurse practitioner in a private practice . Amer J Dis Child 119:204-208, 1969;.
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Yankauer A, Connelly JP, Feldman JJ:  Task performance and task delegation in pediatric office practice . Amer J Pub Health 59:1104-1117, 1969;.
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Bergman AB, Probstfield JL, Wedgwood RJ:  Task identification in pediatric practice . Amer J Dis Child 118:459-468, 1969;.
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Yankauer A, Connelly JP, Andrews P, et al:  The practice of nursing in pediatric offices: Challenge and opportunity . New Eng J Med 282:843-847, 1970;.
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Patterson PK, Bergman AB:  Time-motion study of six pediatric office assistants . New Eng J Med 281:771-775, 1969;.
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Mindlin RL:  Medical care of urban infants: The common complaints . Pediatrics 45:614-622, 1970;.

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Silver HK, Ford LC, Stearly SG:  A program to increase health care for children: The pediatric nurse practitioner program . Pediatrics 39:756-761, 1967;.
2 +
Stearly S, Noordenbos A, Crouch V:  Pediatric nurse practitioners . Amer J Nurs 67:2083-2087, 1967;.
3 +
Duiker WJ: Directory of Current Programs for the Training of Pediatric Nurse Associates, Pediatric Assistants and Pediatric Aids . Evanston, Ill, American Academy of Pediatrics, 1970;.
4 +
Andrews P, Yankauer A, Connelly JP:  Changing the patterns of ambulatory pediatric caretaking: An action-oriented training program for nurses . Amer J Pub Health 60:870-879, 1970;.
5 +
Silver HK, Ford LC, Day LR:  The pediatric nurse practitioner program: Expanding the role of the nurse to provide increased health care for children . JAMA 204:298-302, 1968;.
6 +
Silver HK, Duncan BR: Evaluation of the pediatric nurse practitioner, in Proceedings of the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Society, Atlantic City, NJ, 1969.
7 +
Schiff DW, Fraser CH, Walter HL:  The pediatric nurse practitioner in the office of pediatricians in private practice . Pediatrics 44:62-68, 1969;.
8 +
Austin G, Foster W, Richards JC:  Pediatric screening examination in private practice . Pediatrics 41:115-119, 1968;.
9 +
Skinner AL:  Parental acceptance of delegated pediatric services . Pediatrics 41:1003-1008, 1968;.
10 +
Patterson PK, Bergman AB, Wedgwood RJ:  Parent reaction to the concept of pediatric assistants . Pediatrics 44:69-75, 1968;.
11 +
Day LR, Engli R, Silver HK:  Acceptance of pediatric nurse practitioners: Parents' opinion of combined care by a pediatrician and a pediatric nurse practitioner in a private practice . Amer J Dis Child 119:204-208, 1969;.
12 +
Yankauer A, Connelly JP, Feldman JJ:  Task performance and task delegation in pediatric office practice . Amer J Pub Health 59:1104-1117, 1969;.
13 +
Bergman AB, Probstfield JL, Wedgwood RJ:  Task identification in pediatric practice . Amer J Dis Child 118:459-468, 1969;.
14 +
Yankauer A, Connelly JP, Andrews P, et al:  The practice of nursing in pediatric offices: Challenge and opportunity . New Eng J Med 282:843-847, 1970;.
15 +
Patterson PK, Bergman AB:  Time-motion study of six pediatric office assistants . New Eng J Med 281:771-775, 1969;.
16 +
Mindlin RL:  Medical care of urban infants: The common complaints . Pediatrics 45:614-622, 1970;.

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