Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Post-Master's Certificate
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 healthcare environment. This certificate is offered to those individuals who have earned a master's degree in nursing and seek further preparation to become a Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. 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, simulations and evaluation. OCI visits occur as a part of the clinical portion of the program. Mandatory on-campus visits are essential to students transitioning into the NP role.
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 guidance and mentoring from faculty, as well as the opportunity to collaborate with peers.
The program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
Program Requirements
| Required Courses | ||
| Support Courses | ||
| 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term 1 | Credits | Term 2 | Credits | Term 3 | Credits | Term 4 | Credits |
| NURS 549 | 3.0 | NURS 646 | 3.0 | NURS 550 | 4.0 | NURS 642 | 5.0 |
| NURS 548 | 3.0 | NURS 664 | 1.0 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Term 1 | Credits | Term 2 | Credits | Term 3 | Credits | ||
| NURS 643 | 5.0 | NURS 647 | 5.0 | NURS 648 | 5.0 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Total Credits 34 | |||||||
Additional Information
For more information about this program, contact:
Graduate Nursing Division
CNHPGraduateDivision@drexel.edu
Additional information is also available on Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Post-Master's Certificate webpage and on Drexel University Online's Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Post-Master's Certificate webpage.
