Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner MSN to DNP Concentration

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The Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (PNP-PC) is prepared as a generalist principal provider of primary health care to children, birth through emerging adulthood. In this leadership clinician role, the Primary Care PNP assumes responsibility for promoting, maintaining, and restoring health in youth with emphasis on developmental and health assessment, and the diagnosis and management of well, acutely ill, and chronically ill children, adolescents and emerging adults in primary care and subspecialty settings. The PNP leads quality improvement, provides leadership in educating families and communities about child health, and mobilizes community resources for the health and safety of children. The PNP works in collaboration with other health care professionals.

Applicants should be master’s-prepared primary care pediatric nurse practitioners who wish to add the DNP to their educational preparation. The PNP-PC program is offered both onsite and online. The online option is only available to applicants with a master’s degree in the same focus. Selected core courses may be transmitted to eligible students who live a distance from campus. 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.