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MS Curriculum: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP)

This program of study lists the courses that you will be required to complete to meet graduation requirements.

Program on HOLD - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program is on hold effective immediately. All students will have until May 2014 to complete the pediatric clinical courses.)

Year One Fall Semester Credits
NURS 565 Nurse as Educator 3
NURS 512 Family Nursing Theory 3
NURS 621 Clinical Pathophysiology 3
NURS 607 Advanced Health Assessment 3
  TOTAL (12)
Year One Spring Semester Credits
NURS 610 Nursing Theory 3
NURS 616 Advanced Nursing Research 3
NURS 640 Pharmacology 3
NURS 686 Clin Mgmt PNP I 3
    TOTAL (12)
Year Two Fall Semester Credits
NURS 626 Leadership for APN 3
NURS 687 Clin Mgmt PNP II 6
Graduate Elective (500+ or higher)+, ++, +++ 3
  TOTAL (9)
Year Two Spring Semester Credits
NURS 688 Clin Mgmt/PHC PNP III

 6
Graduate Elective (500+ or higher)+, ++, +++ 3
  Culminating Graduate Project* 0
  TOTAL (9)
TOTAL
CREDITS		 PNP = 45 credits 45 (PNP)

+ Graduate Elective (500+ or higher graduate level course)
++ Education Minor (9 credits): Students choosing to complete The Education Minor will take the rquired course NURS 565 and the following two courses as their graduate electives.

+++Thesis Option: Students choosing to complete a Thesis will take NURS 700 (6 credits) and graduate Statistics elective.

PREREQUISITES

NURS 640 requires NURS 621
NURS 655/NURS 665 requires NURS 565
NURS 686 requires NURS 607
NURS 687 requires NURS 686
NURS 688 requires NURS 687

PRE/COREQUISITES

NURS 607 requires NURS 621
NURS 686 requires NURS 616; NURS 640
Culminating Graduate Project is required if Thesis is not chosen
Elvira Szgetti, Dean
Elvira Szigeti,
PhD, RN, Dean,
College of Nursing
CONTACT:
Office of Student Admissions
1215 Weiskotten Hall
SUNY Upstate Medical University
admissions@upstate.edu
315 464-4570 or 800 736-2171
Cheryl Cook, RN, BS student, Pediatric Nurse

I went to work after earning my assoc-
iate's degree, and kept right on going to school. Courses like Nurse as Educator fit right in with what I want to do professionally. In class, not only do you develop lasting friendships with students and faculty, but it's encouraging to be around so many nurses, in all sorts of careers. "

— Cheryl Cook, RN, BS Student, Pediatric Nurse