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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. Any deviation from this program requires signed approval of the Dean, Faculty Advisor, and Registrar.

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)
  Summer Semester Credits
  NURS 700: Thesis 1-3
Year Two Fall Semester Credits
NURS 626 Leadership for APN 3
NURS 687 Clin Mgmt PNP II 6
  Graduate Elective or 3
NURS 655 or Curriculum & Prog Dev++ 3
NURS 665 or Educational Evaluation ++ 3
NURS 700 Thesis *** and 1-3
NURS 660 Stats & Measurement** 3
  TOTAL (9)
Year Two Spring Semester Credits
NURS 688 Clin Mgmt/PHC PNP III

6
Graduate Elective or 3
NURS 655 or Curriculum & Prog Dev ++ 3
NURS 665 or Educational Evaluation ++ 3
NURS 700 Thesis *** 1-3
Comprehensive Exam 0
  Culminating Clinical Project 0
  TOTAL (9)
TOTAL
CREDITS MS
PNP = 45 credits 45 (PNP)

PREREQUISITES:

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

PRE/COREQUISITES:

NURS 607 — NURS 621
NURS 686 — NURS 616; NURS 640

++   Required for Education Minor (Prerequisite is NURS 565)
**    Required for thesis option (Prerequisite is NURS 616 or equivalent)
***  Thesis option requires 6 credits in NURS 700
        Comprehensive Examination or 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 itís encouraging to be around so many nurses, in all sorts of careers. "

— Cheryl Cook, RN, BS Student, Pediatric Nurse