Services
Well Baby/Child Check Ups
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends frequent visits to your pediatrician within the first two years of life to evaluate your child’s growth and development and to initiate the immunization process.
Pediatric Partners recommends and encourages the following schedule for these visits:
- Weight & color check at 3-5 days old
2-week health care
2-month health care
4-month health care
- 6-month health care
- 9-month health care
- 12 month health care
15-month health care
18-month health care
2-year health care
Health Care After 2 Years of Age
Please see the schools and sport physical section for State of Nebraska requirements for physicals.
School Physicals
The State of Nebraska Department of Education has listed the following requirements for physical examinations and visual evaluations:
- Any child entering a beginner grade must have a physical examination and visual evaluation within 6 months prior to entrance to school. Pediatric Partners has made it a policy to not complete kindergarten physicals until after March 15th to comply with this statute.
- Any out of state transfers also require a physical examination and visual evaluation.
- Any child entering 7th grade must have a physical examination after May 1st prior to the entrance to 7th grade.
- Any child participating in school sponsored sports must have a physical examination after May 1st prior to the start of sports.
Telephone Triage
Our pediatric nurses are trained to answer your questions regarding your child’s illness symptoms. They follow protocol approved of by our physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
If you have a question regarding your child’s illness symptoms during our regular office hours, please call our office. Our receptionists will take your name, child’s name, phone number and your question and one of our nurses will return your call. Our nurses will go through your child’s symptoms with you and determine whether your child needs to be seen or if home care is sufficient.
Pediatric Partners believes in fair, quality service. Our receptionists answer phone calls in the order they were received. We strive to answer each call every day, so we ask that you leave a number you can be reached at consistently during the day. If our nurses are unable to reach you they will document your message for the providers.
Please call your pharmacy 24 to 48 hours before your child’s medication runs out for a refill. In rare instances, the pharmacy will require you to call our office for the refill. Please remember for ADD/ADHD medications, it is best practice for the provider who manages the care to send in refills, so it is best to give us a few days’ notice.
For questions regarding your child’s illness symptoms after office hours please call our office line and the answering service will place your call with our after-hours nurse triage call line. These nurses follow the same telephone protocol that our nurses use in our clinic. Please remember that this service is intended to only alleviate concerns regarding any acute illness problems that may arise during non-clinic hours. Questions regarding diagnosis of developmental concerns, behavior problems, or emotional concerns are not appropriate for the triage service, and we ask that you call for an appointment if these are your concerns.
Pediatric Partners believes in fair, quality service. Our receptionists answer phone calls in the order they were received. We strive to answer each call every day, so we ask that you leave a number you can be reached at consistently during the day. If our nurses are unable to reach you they will document your message for the providers.
Please call your pharmacy 24 to 48 hours before your child’s medication runs out for a refill. In rare instances, the pharmacy will require you to call our office for the refill. Please remember for ADD/ADHD medications, it is best practice for the provider who manages the care to send in refills, so it is best to give us a few days’ notice.
For questions regarding your child’s illness symptoms after office hours please call our office line and the answering service will place your call with our after-hours nurse triage call line. These nurses follow the same telephone protocol that our nurses use in our clinic. Please remember that this service is intended to only alleviate concerns regarding any acute illness problems that may arise during non-clinic hours. Questions regarding diagnosis of developmental concerns, behavior problems, or emotional concerns are not appropriate for the triage service, and we ask that you call for an appointment if these are your concerns.
Hospital Services
Our physicians work with several Methodist Physicians to provide care for both inpatient pediatric patients and newborn services. If it is in the best health interest of the child/newborn, our pediatricians will transfer patients to a facility that can best meet the patient’s needs, either one of the Methodist Hospitals in Omaha, Boys Town Hospital, Children’s Hospital or Nebraska Health System. They also have access to specialists at each of these facilities for consultation.
Well Baby/Child Check Ups
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends frequent visits to your pediatrician within the first two years of life to evaluate your child’s growth and development and to initiate the immunization process.
Pediatric Partners recommends and encourages the following schedule for these visits:
- Weight & color check at 3-5 days old
2-week health care
2-month health care
4-month health care
- 6-month health care
- 9-month health care
- 12 month health care
15-month health care
18-month health care
2-year health care
Health Care After 2 Years of Age
Please see the schools and sport physical section for State of Nebraska requirements for physicals.
School Physicals
The State of Nebraska Department of Education has listed the following requirements for physical examinations and visual evaluations:
- Any child entering a beginner grade must have a physical examination and visual evaluation within 6 months prior to entrance to school. Pediatric Partners has made it a policy to not complete kindergarten physicals until after March 15th to comply with this statute.
- Any out of state transfers also require a physical examination and visual evaluation.
- Any child entering 7th grade must have a physical examination after May 1st prior to the entrance to 7th grade.
- Any child participating in school sponsored sports must have a physical examination after May 1st prior to the start of sports.
Telephone Triage
Our pediatric nurses are trained to answer your questions regarding your child’s illness symptoms. They follow protocol approved of by our physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
If you have a question regarding your child’s illness symptoms during our regular office hours, please call our office. Our receptionists will take your name, child’s name, phone number and your question and one of our nurses will return your call. Our nurses will go through your child’s symptoms with you and determine whether your child needs to be seen or if home care is sufficient.
Pediatric Partners believes in fair, quality service. Our receptionists answer phone calls in the order they were received. We strive to answer each call every day, so we ask that you leave a number you can be reached at consistently during the day. If our nurses are unable to reach you they will document your message for the providers.
Please call your pharmacy 24 to 48 hours before your child’s medication runs out for a refill. In rare instances, the pharmacy will require you to call our office for the refill. Please remember for ADD/ADHD medications, it is best practice for the provider who manages the care to send in refills, so it is best to give us a few days’ notice.
For questions regarding your child’s illness symptoms after office hours please call our office line and the answering service will place your call with our after-hours nurse triage call line. These nurses follow the same telephone protocol that our nurses use in our clinic. Please remember that this service is intended to only alleviate concerns regarding any acute illness problems that may arise during non-clinic hours. Questions regarding diagnosis of developmental concerns, behavior problems, or emotional concerns are not appropriate for the triage service, and we ask that you call for an appointment if these are your concerns.
Pediatric Partners believes in fair, quality service. Our receptionists answer phone calls in the order they were received. We strive to answer each call every day, so we ask that you leave a number you can be reached at consistently during the day. If our nurses are unable to reach you they will document your message for the providers.
Please call your pharmacy 24 to 48 hours before your child’s medication runs out for a refill. In rare instances, the pharmacy will require you to call our office for the refill. Please remember for ADD/ADHD medications, it is best practice for the provider who manages the care to send in refills, so it is best to give us a few days’ notice.
For questions regarding your child’s illness symptoms after office hours please call our office line and the answering service will place your call with our after-hours nurse triage call line. These nurses follow the same telephone protocol that our nurses use in our clinic. Please remember that this service is intended to only alleviate concerns regarding any acute illness problems that may arise during non-clinic hours. Questions regarding diagnosis of developmental concerns, behavior problems, or emotional concerns are not appropriate for the triage service, and we ask that you call for an appointment if these are your concerns.
Hospital Services
Our physicians work with several Methodist Physicians to provide care for both inpatient pediatric patients and newborn services. If it is in the best health interest of the child/newborn, our pediatricians will transfer patients to a facility that can best meet the patient’s needs, either one of the Methodist Hospitals in Omaha, Boys Town Hospital, Children’s Hospital or Nebraska Health System. They also have access to specialists at each of these facilities for consultation.