Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Specialty
The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) specialty prepares students 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 school-based 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 One
Required Clinical Courses
630a*, 632, 634a, 640b*.
Required Seminars
625b, 633a, 635b, 637a, 639a, 641b.
Required Research Courses
525a/b, 529a.
Year Two
Required Clinical Courses
640a*, 826a or b, 830a/b, 834a or b.
Required Seminars
717/b, 827a, 833a/b, 849b, 895a, 897a or b.
Required Research Course
721a/b.
Scholarly Inquiry Praxis.
*A seven-week course.
*A six-week course; students take either 640a or b.
Chronic Illness Care Concentration
The Chronic Illness Care (CIC) concentration includes clinical courses that pediatric nurse practitioner students may elect in the second year of the Master's program. 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.
Year Two
Required Clinical Courses
828a/b.
The course plans for scheduled part-time study can be obtained from the Student Affairs Office or the specialty director. A Post Master's Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate option is also available and described below.
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