The Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner major is designed to prepare advanced practice nurses to care for children in a wide variety of settings. The curriculum features theoretically based and clinically focused courses and includes 780 contact hours for clinical practice. PP CNP graduates are eligible to sit for Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB) certification upon graduation.
Curriculum
Sample Full-time Plan of Study
Plan of Study Grid | First Term |
|---|
| NURS 5680 | Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology | 3 |
| NURS 5720 | Advanced Pediatric Physiology and Pathophysiology | 1 |
| INDI 6000 | Introduction to Biostatistical Methods | 3 |
| | Hours | 7 |
| Second Term |
|---|
| NURS 5910 | Advanced Research for Evidence Based Nursing Practice | 3 |
| NURS 5530 | Public Policy and Health Care | 3 |
| | Hours | 6 |
| Third Term |
|---|
| NURS 5500 | Family and Cultural Diversity Theories | 3 |
| NURS 5690 | Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics | 3 |
| | Hours | 6 |
| Fourth Term |
|---|
| NURS 5710 | Advanced Pediatric Pharmacotherapeutics | 1 |
| NURS 5730 | Advanced Pediatric Health Assessment | 3 |
| NURS 6150 | Contemporary Practice | 3 |
| NURS 6750 | Diagnostic Reasoning | 1 |
| | Hours | 8 |
| Fifth Term |
|---|
| NURS 5810 | Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical I: Care of Children and Concepts of Wellness | 7 |
| | Hours | 7 |
| Sixth Term |
|---|
| NURS 5820 | PNP Clin II: Acute/Chronic | 6 |
| | Hours | 6 |
| Seventh Term |
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| NURS 5830 | Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical III: Complex, Chronic Illnesses or Disabilities | 7 |
| NURS 6650 | Transition to Practice | 1 |
| NURS 5220 | Field Experience Seminar | 3 |
| | Hours | 11 |
| | Total Hours | 51 |
