The Pediatric Health Concentration is designed for those individuals with a strong interest in primary prevention and health promotion for parents, women and children. The curriculum addresses the leadership, research, and advanced primary care skills necessary for practice as a masters- prepared nurse practitioner in parent child health. Graduates are prepared to sit for the American Nurses Association certification exam as a pediatric nurse practitioner. Nurses working within school health settings are faced with increasingly complex issues. The school nurse practitioner concentration was developed within the pediatric curriculum.
Students take the pediatric sequence and specialized courses in school health.
The clinical practicum takes place in a school health center with a masters prepared nurse practitioner preceptor. Students are prepared to sit for the appropriate certification exams as both a pediatric nurse practitioner and a school health practitioner. Graduates of the program are eligible to sit for the appropriate certification exam administered by the professional nursing organization. The program is eighty-two semester hours. Applicants admitted to the dual-degree program must meet admission requirements for both institutions.