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, parent counseling, pathophysiology, pharmacology, 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, including school-based health centers. In addition, students elect either a concentration in chronic illness care or a one-semester pediatric specialty rotation. The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner track curriculum is intended to prepare students to apply for Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification through the Pediatric Nursing certification Board and the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center.
Download the PNP Plan of Study (.xls)
Chronic Illness Care Concentration
The Chronic Illness Care (CIC) concentration includes clinical courses in specific specialty areas approved by program faculty. Pediatric nurse practitioner students interested in CIC must discuss their specialty of interest with program faculty during the spring Semester of the first year of study to deSemesterine the availability of appropriate clinical sites and preceptors. Final selection of placement in the CIC is deSemesterined by program faculty. This concentration prepares the pediatric nurse practitioner student for a role in the care of children with chronic conditions within the context of the family. The nursing role is dynamic as it crosses health care settings and the pediatric nurse practitioner interacts with other members of the health care team in providing comprehensive family-centered care to children with complex and chronic health conditions. The scholarly inquiry praxis for CIC students is designed to focus on an issue or topic relevant to care of children with chronic conditions. By consent of CIC coordinator.
|
Applying to the Master's Program
|
|
|
|
