Establishment of Pediatric Subspecialty Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Training Programs to Optimize Advanced Practice Utilization in Pediatric Specialty Care and Facilitate Interprofessional Integration.

In the setting of demand for health care providers exceeding the supply of physicians, shift toward value-based care, and institutional gaps in the understanding of advanced practice provider (APP) scope of practice, one urban academic pediatric hospital developed 12-month subspecialty post-graduate fellowship programs for APPs in 18 subspecialties in an effort to optimize APP utilization at top of license and increase access to high-quality care. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2022;53(11):478-480.].

Electrolyte screening in the evaluation of prolonged QTc interval.

We present a case of a previously healthy adolescent male for outpatient evaluation of prolonged QT interval. He was ultimately found to have acquired QT interval prolongation secondary to hypocalcaemia related to undiagnosed hypoparathyroidism. This case report highlights the importance of routine electrolyte analysis, even in the outpatient setting, during initial diagnostic workup for QT interval prolongation.