Post-Master's Certificate in Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Certificate Level: Graduate
Admission Requirements: Master's degree
Certificate Type: Post-Master's
Number of Credits to Completion: 34.0; 640 clinical hours
Instructional Delivery: Online
Calendar Type: Quarter
Expected Time to Completion: 2 years
Financial Aid Eligibility: Aid eligible*
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code: 51.3801
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 29-1141
*The current plan of study for this program would only allow for federal financial aid (including Federal Direct Student Loans) for terms that are at least a minimum of 4.5 credits for graduate courses and 6.0 credits for undergraduate courses. This is based on current regulations from the U.S. Department of Education.
About the Program
The online Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (PNP) program is directed toward preparing nurse practitioners who will take advanced nursing roles as clinicians, educators, researchers and leaders in the rapidly changing, evidence-driven health-care environment. This certificate is offered to those individuals who have earned a master's degree in nursing and seek further preparation to become pediatric primary care nurse practitioners. Graduates will be eligible to sit for the ANCC's Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination and/or for the PNCB's Pediatric Primary Care Certification Examination.
The nurse practitioner faculty is committed to quality and excellence in the nurse practitioner (NP) programs. Students meet on campus for mandatory on-campus intensive (OCI) learning experiences, simulation and evaluation. Students will attend an in-person on-campus intensive in NURS 642 for four days during week one of the summer quarter. Dates are subject to change. During the OCIs, students engage in simulated clinical learning experiences conducted in the College of Nursing and Health Professions' state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary patient simulation lab. These visits provide direct guidance and mentoring from faculty and the opportunity to collaborate with peers. Mandatory, on-campus visits are essential to students transitioning into the NP role.
The program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
Program Requirements
| Required Courses | ||
| Support Courses | ||
| NUPR 520 | Nurse Practitioner Clinical Orientation Seminar | 0.0 |
| NURS 548 | Advanced Pathophysiology | 3.0 |
| NURS 549 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3.0 |
| NURS 550 | Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning | 4.0 |
| Concentration Courses | ||
| NURS 646 | Pharmacology for the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner | 3.0 |
| NURS 642 | PNP I: Primary Care of Infants, Children and Adolescents | 5.0 |
| NURS 643 | PNP II: Episodic Care of Infants, Children and Adolescents in Primary Care | 5.0 |
| NURS 647 | PNP III: Management and Care of Adolescents in the Primary Care Setting | 5.0 |
| NURS 648 | PNP IV: Primary Care of Children with Special Health Care Needs | 5.0 |
| NURS 664 | Professional Issues for Nurse Practitioners | 1.0 |
| Total Credits | 34.0 | |
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| NUPR 520 | 0.0 | NURS 646* | 3.0 | NURS 550 | 4.0 | NURS 642 | 5.0 |
| NURS 549 | 3.0 | NURS 664 | 1.0 | ||||
| NURS 548 | 3.0 | ||||||
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| NURS 643 | 5.0 | NURS 647 | 5.0 | NURS 648 | 5.0 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Total Credits 34 | |||||||
* Note: First Year Winter is less than the 4.5-credit minimum required (considered half-time status) of graduate programs to be considered financial aid eligible. As a result, aid will not be disbursed to students this term.
Additional Information
For more information about this program, contact:
Graduate Nursing Division
CNHPGraduateDivision@drexel.edu
Additional information is available on Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Postmaster's Certificate webpage and on Drexel University Online's Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Postmaster's Certificate webpage.