School of Nursing

PNPAC

Curriculum

*DNP Core Courses are held on Monday through Saturday for a minimum of six (6) times pre-scheduled classes during a semester. Students' practicum experiences may occur weekdays, weekends, evenings and/or nights.

Full-Time Curriculum Plan for BSN to DNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care Concentration
(90 Total Semester Credits)*

 

BSN ENTRY LEVEL DNP - PNP-AC
First Year - Summer (7 Credits) First Year - Fall (13 Credits) First Year - Spring (16 Credits)
NURS 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4)
NURS 7105 Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (3) 		BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4)
HLSC 6409 Advanced Pharmacology (3)
HLSC 6410 Advanced Pathophysiology (3)
NURS 7203 Research Design and Methodology (3) 		NURS 7907

Advanced Pediatric Health Assessment (3) [2 didactic, 1 lab]
NURS 7909 Advanced Nsg. Practice Acute Care Pharmacotherapeutics (2)
NURS 7706 Acute Care Therapeutic and Diagnostic Procedures (3) [2 didactic, 1 lab]
NURS 7101 Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing (3)
NURS 7908 Pediatric Primary Care Essentials (5) [3 didactic, 2 practicum]
 
Second Year - Summer (10 Credits) Second Year - Fall (15 Credits) Second Year - Spring (9 Credits)

NURS 7931 Pediatric ACNP I: System Management (7) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 3 practicum]
NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3)

NURS 7932 Pediatric ACNP II: System Management (8) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 4 practicum]
NURS 7109 Health Outcomes: Information Systems, Measurement, Analysis and Management (3)
NURS 7481 Evidence-Based Practice (4)

 NURS 7933

Pediatric ACNP III: Critical Illness & Trauma Management (9) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 5 practicum]
 
Third Year - Summer (4 Credits) Third Year - Fall (8 Credits) Third Year - Spring (8 Credits)
NURS 7110

Scholarly Project I: Project Development (3)
NURS 7021 Advanced Nursing Practicum 1 (1) [1 practicum]

NURS 7120 Scholarly Project II: Implementation (3)
NURS 7022 Advanced Nursing Practicum II (2) [2 practicum]
NURS 7306 Health Policy and Politics (3)

NURS 7130 Scholarly Project III: Project Evaluation and Dissemination (3)
NURS 7023 Advanced Nursing Practicum III (2) [2 practicum]
NURS 7316 ACNP IV: Role Transitions (3) [2 didactic, 1 practicum]

*Includes a total of 1200 practicum hours.

Graduates of this program are academically qualified to meet the eligibility requirements to take the Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care Examination sponsored by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB).