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PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE POST-GRADUATE CERTIFICATE

The post-graduate Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate is designed to prepare experienced nurses for career advancement in caring for patients in a pediatric primary care setting. Clinical courses build upon existing skills and broaden knowledge base related to care of children essential to independent or collaborative practice in primary care settings. Students work with physicians and nurse practitioner preceptors in a wide variety of clinical agencies and practice settings.

The Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate is 25-35 credits (depending upon transfer credits) and 750 clinical hours. The minimum time for program completion is 1.5 years, and students have up to five years to complete certificate requirements from first enrollment. Support courses are offered on-campus at ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ University or online, while clinical courses are taught on-site. 

 

Required Courses

Course Number

NUR 8901


NUR 8903


NUR 8910


NUR 8863

Course Name

Advanced Pathophysiology


Advanced Pharmacology


Advanced Physical Assessment


Health Promotion of the Growing Child

Credits

3 credits


3 credits


4 credits


3 credits

Clinical Courses

NUR 8809


NUR 8810


NUR 8811


NUR 8812

NUR 8813
 

NUR 8814


NUR 8815


NUR 8816

Clinical Management in Pediatric Primary Care I

Practicum in Pediatric Primary Care I (250 Clinical Hours)

Clinical Management in Pediatric Primary Care II

Practicum in Pediatric Primary Care II (125 Clinical Hours)

Clinical Managment of Pediatric Primary Care III

Practicum in Pediatric Primary Care III (250 Clinical Hours)

Clinical Management in Pediatric Primary Care IV

Practicum in Pediatric Primary Care IV (125 Clinical Hours)

 

3 credits


4 credits


3 credits


2 credits

3 credits

4 credits


1 credit


2 credits

 

Mary Terhaar, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Professor & Associate Dean for the Graduate Nursing Programs
mary.terhaar@villanova.edu

Jan Campbell, BA, MS
Assistant Director, Graduate Nursing Programs
jan.campbell@villanova.edu

Linda Copel  PhD, RN, PMHCNS, BC, CNE, ANEF, NCC, CGP, FAPA
Professor, Interim Director PhD Program
linda.copel@villanova.edu

Debra Shearer, EdD, MSN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Director, Post-Master's Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Track
debra.shearer@villanova.edu

Patti Kostelnak, DNAP, CRNA, APRN
Nurse Anesthesia Program Director, Associate Clinical Professor
patricia.kostelnak@villanova.edu

Inquiries:

PhD Program Inquires & Post-Master's Doctor of Nursing Practice Inquires:
Recruitment and Enrollment Department
nursing.recruitment@villanova.edu

DNP Nurse Anesthesia Inquires:
Recruitment and Enrollment Department
nursing.recruitment@villanova.edu

MSN Inquires (Nurse Practitioner Tracks & Nurse Education Tracks):
Recruitment and Enrollment Department
nursing.recruitment@villanova.edu

Transcripts:

PhD and Post-Master’s DNP Transcripts:
phddnptranscripts@villanova.edu

DNP Nurse Anesthesia Transcripts
dnpnatranscripts@villanova.edu

MSN Transcripts:
msntranscripts@villanova.edu
 

 

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