School of Nursing

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Curriculum

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (PNP-AC)
Full-Time Post-Master DNP Add New NP Population-Focus Plan of Study*1
66 credits^

PNP-AC1 Plan of Study
PMDNP+NP* (66 credits)
Summer (7 credits) Fall (11 credits) Spring (6 credits)
NURS 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4) BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4) NURS 7101 Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing (3)
NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3) NURS 7109 Health Outcomes: Information Systems, Measurement, Analysis and Management (3)

NURS 7706 Acute Care Therapeutic and Diagnostic Procedures (3)[2 didactic, 1 lab]

  NURS 7481 Evidence-Based Practice (4)  
Summer (11 credits) Fall (15 credits) Spring (16 credits)

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

NURS 7932 Pediatric ACNP II: System Management (8) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 4 practicum]

NURS 7933 Pediatric ACNP III: Critical Illness & Trauma Management (9) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 5 practicum]

NURS 7110 Scholarly Project I: Project Development (3) NURS 7120 Scholarly Project II: Implementation (3) NURS 7130 Scholarly Project III: Project Evaluation and Dissemination (3)
NURS 7021 Advanced Nursing Practicum I (1) NURS 7022 Advanced Nursing Practicum II (1) NURS 7023 Advanced Nursing Practicum III (1)
  NURS 7306 Health Policy and Politics (3)

NURS 7316 ACNP IV: Role Transitions (3) [2 didactic, 1 practicum]

*Clinical hours and 3 Ps must be verified upon admission. If not congruent to current state and national requirements, the student will need to add clinical hours and/or 3 Ps to the plan of study.

1Adult certified NPs will need to add NURS 7908 Advanced PC Essentials (5 credits including 120 clinical hrs.) to Year 1 Spring semester.

^Includes a total of 960 practicum hours.