Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care (Graduate Certificate)

Wayne State University

The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care (PNP-AC) graduate certificate will allow primary care certified pediatric nurse practitioners to acquire the nationally specified pediatric acute care content and clinical skills to function competently within the pediatric acute care scope of practice. It will require satisfactory completion of a minimum of 16 credits of didactic content and clinical practice. The graduate certificate provides nurses with essential knowledge and skills to assume pediatric acute care roles in myriad settings using a patient and family-centered care model. Courses focus on integrating advanced health assessment, pathophysiology, and acute clinical care and management. Specific clinical experiences in two of the courses will be tailored to meet the needs of individual graduate certificate students. Students will be expected to acquire a minimum of 600 hours of acute care experience as required to meet the specialty competencies and the requirements to take the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care national certification exam offered by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB).

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