Admissions: Post-Degree Options
Post-Master's Nurse Practitioner Option: Pediatric Primary Care
Registered nurses with master's degrees in a clinical nursing major or other nursing major with two years of recent clinical nursing experience are eligible to apply to this option preparing them to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center or National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners/Nurses certification examinations as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care.
This program may be completed in 15 months (4 semesters). Applications are due March 1 of each year. The program begins in September of each year.
Prerequisites
|
COURSE NUMBER
|
COURSE NAME |
CREDITS |
| NR 100.508* |
Clinical Pharmacology** |
2 |
| NR 100.502* |
Physiology / Pathophysiology** |
3 |
| NR 110.589 |
Human Development across the Life Span |
2 |
Course Requirements
|
COURSE NUMBER
|
COURSE NAME |
CREDITS |
| NR 110.549 |
Advanced Health Assessment and Measurement |
2 |
| NR 110.537* |
Advanced Health Assessment & Measurement: Pediatric Variation |
1 |
| NR 110.558 |
Diagnosis, Symptom and Illness Management - Pediatric |
3 |
| NR 100.552* |
Advanced Practice in Primary Care I - Pediatric |
4 |
| NR 100.554* |
Advanced Practice in Primary Care II - Pediatric |
3 |
| NR 100.566 |
Advanced Practice Nursing: Clinical Topics & Professional Issues - Pediatric |
4 |
|
|
Total |
17 |
* Course with clinical practicum
** Not required if comparable course has been completed within the past 5 years
