MSN: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program Online

MSN: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at a Glance

• 44 Credit Hours – Taken 100% Online
• 7 semesters to complete
• Affordable tuition
• 571 clinical hours

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program Structure

HCU’s Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program online consists of asynchronous classes with no live course commitments. Students can complete this 14-course, 44-credit program in as little as 7 semesters. This program requires the completion of 571 clinical practice hours at leading healthcare providers in a student’s local area.

MSN-PNP Degree Plan

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program Online Curriculum

Industry-Aligned Curriculum Enriched with Christian Values

Both the classroom and clinical experiences focus on health assessment, clinical decision-making, evidence-based practice, research integration, leadership skills, and disease prevention. Students gain hands-on experience under the supervision of pediatric nursing experts.

At HCU, our students come first. We understand that graduate school is a big commitment, so we offer personalized support to every student. We set you up for success as a pediatric nurse practitioner.

Course Summaries and Highlights

• Theory Integration: Explores theories from social, psychological, medical, nursing, and interpersonal relations as foundations for nursing research, practice, and scholarship.
• Advanced Pathophysiology: Examines pathophysiological processes across the lifespan to develop clinical reasoning skills relating normal physiology to system alterations caused by disease.
• Advanced Pharmacology: Provides advanced knowledge in therapeutic pharmacology, covering pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenomics with consideration of cultural and legal aspects.
• Research Integration: Teaches integration of research to resolve clinical issues using evidence-based practice incorporating patient preferences, clinical expertise, and research data.
• Leadership for Quality, Safety and Health Policy: Examines leadership principles in complex healthcare organizations, quality improvement processes, and policy development with emphasis on political, demographic, and economic influences.
• Advanced Health Assessment: Builds on basic assessment skills to develop comprehensive physical, psychosocial, and cultural assessment abilities across the lifespan through 27 hours of precepted practice.
• Advanced Diagnostic and Skills: Focuses on managing complex healthcare problems through evidence-based diagnostic decision-making skills with 20 hours of simulation/lab experience.
• Growth and Development Across the Lifespan: Provides an overview of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development from conception through late adulthood with 81 hours of precepted clinical experience.
• PNP Pediatric Health I: Provides instruction in the diagnosis and management of pediatric illnesses through combined didactic learning and clinical practice.
• Advanced Pediatric Health Assessment and Diagnostics: Builds on assessment knowledge focusing on pediatric patients, enhancing age-specific approaches, communication techniques, and diagnostic reasoning for primary care.
• PNP Pediatric Health II: Continues instruction in the diagnosis and management of pediatric illnesses through combined didactic learning and clinical practice.
• Common Issues in Pediatric Primary Care Practice: Focuses on common pediatric primary care diagnoses, treatments, and care management while examining the pediatric nurse practitioner’s role and communication strategies.
• Advanced Role: Provides conceptual basis for advanced practice nursing with emphasis on leadership roles in healthcare delivery, policy, and complex systems.
• Advanced Practicum I: Integrates and applies content from previous courses through 180 hours of precepted clinical practice.

Tight-Knit Community

At HCU, your pediatric NP program connections with your professors and peers extend beyond the classroom walls.

Personalized Support

We’ll match you with a success coach who will assist you with registration, organization, and academic guidance.

Mission-Driven

Our Christian values make up the heart of our institution. The PNP curriculum reflects our focus on community-based care and social justice, with opportunities for service-based learning.

Affordable

Our tuition is competitively priced to deliver immediate ROI. Make the most of annual tuition reimbursement from employers to complete the program affordably.

HCU partners with numerous healthcare organizations, including the Texas Medical Center, to connect students with leading healthcare experts and top facilities so they can hone their clinical skills after completing the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program online.

The mean salary for a nurse practitioner in Houston as of May 2023 – Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Projected growth in employment of nurse practitioners from 2022 to 2032 – BLS

The percentage of NPs who are prepared in primary care to patients – American Association of Nurse Practitioners

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