Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration MSN to DNP

The Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (PNP-AC) DNP Program is designed for master’s prepared PNP-ACs who want to obtain a practice-focused doctorate. PNP-AC students are prepared to provide quality health care to acutely, critically, and chronically ill children, birth through emerging adulthood, and their families. Throughout the program, PNP-AC students develop the clinical, organizational, economic, and leadership skills to design and implement programs of care delivery that significantly impact health care outcomes and have the potential to transform health care. Graduates with this terminal practice degree are prepared for roles in direct care. PNP-ACs work in collaboration with other health care professionals.

Applicants should be master’s prepared certified pediatric acute care nurse practitioners who wish to add the DNP to their educational preparation. The online option is only available to applicants with a master’s degree in the same focus.

*Courses with a “D” can be delivered synchronously via distance technology. Such courses are open only to qualified on-site students as per Policy 438.

A sample program plan for full time study is provided below. Depending on courses completed during the previous MSN program, additional coursework may be required. Students must complete a minimum of 1000 clinical hours between the prior MSN program and the current DNP curriculum.