Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Specialty
The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) specialty prepares graduates for expanded roles in the provision of primary care to children and adolescents. The first-year experience includes theory and clinical practice in primary health care. Courses focus on health and developmental assessment, child development, interviewing and parent counseling, and management of common child and adolescent problems. There is an emphasis, as well, on the development of requisite research skills fundamental to advanced practice. Each student, throughout the two years, provides primary health care for children in several clinical settings. In addition, students may elect a concentration in chronic illness care or behavioral/mental health care. An advanced management course, a pediatric pharmacology course, a pathophysiology course, and courses in family systems and health policy issues provide core content for the second-year curriculum. On completion of the specialty, students are eligible for PNP Certification through the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board and the American Nurses' Credentialing Center.
*Year-long course; credits awarded at year's end.
The course plan for part-time study can be obtained from the Student Affairs Office.
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Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Speciality Tracks
Applying to the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing Program
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