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Graduate Certificate in Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at University of Arizona

University of Arizona, United States

Programme overview

Students working toward a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) can specialize as a pediatric nurse practitioner. Earning the PNP Graduate Certificate enables students to meet the physiological and psychological needs of children in a variety of pediatric health care settings, such as private practice, ambulatory settings, school-based clinics, subspecialty clinics and within the home.

Faculty: College of Nursing  |  Duration: 30 units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Tucson, AZ, United States

What you will study

NURS 572: Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics, 3 units NURS 609a: Health Assessment, 3 units NURS 609c: Pediatric Health Assessment in Advanced Practice, 1 unit NURS 501: Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology, 3 units NURS 542: Pediatric Pharmacotherapeutics, 1 unit NURS 642a: Care of the Well Child and Adolescent, 5 units NURS 642b: Diagnosis and Management of Acute and Chronic.

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Entry requirements

Graduate College minimum (applies to all programmes; departments may add requirements): regionally accredited bachelor's degree or comparable international degree and a minimum 2.75 GPA for certificate programmes on a 4.00 scale. The Graduate College does not require the GRE, though individual programmes may. Programme-specific requirements are listed in the Graduate Admissions Guide.

Spring semester begins January 13 and fall semester begins August 23 for undergraduate international students; for graduate students spring begins January 14 and fall August 25.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.arizona.edu/admissions

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