Doctoral Program

BSN to DNP-PNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

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Oct 28th

32 Mo.

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CCNE

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Doctoral Program

BSN to DNP-PNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Foster a healthier patient population as a DNP-prepared pediatric NP

Accreditation	CCNE accredited¹, Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission
Format	100%在线教学课程，实践临床经验，并完成DNP实践幸运28计划
Clinicals	We pledge your clinical placement
Admissions	Eligibility requirements include a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and a minimum 3.0 GPA
Certification	Prepare for the Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care (CPNP-PC) certification exam from the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB)

BSN to DNP - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

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Go from BSN to DNP-PNP with Herzing University

The BSN to Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Pediatric Nurse Practitioner degree is a 68-credit graduate program which prepares you for a career as a PNP. 在线学位课程为学生提供系统实践的基本知识和技能, improvement science, epidemiology, population health, healthcare of infants, children, and adolescents, clinical decision-making, and much more.

Take advantage of your experience as a bedside RN to transition into a primary care role helping the young learn and establish healthy habits. Make your impact developing a healthier future population—both as a PNP and overall contributor to how nursing is done.

Career-focused curriculum

发现在工作中取得成功所需的关键知识和技能，为持续的职业发展奠定基础.

Flexible schedule

We work hard to help you maintain school-life balance, striving to be as flexible as possible for busy non-traditional students.

Virtual services

Access to extensive virtual services, including academic advising, tutoring, support services, technical support and library services.

Lifelong support

We support your ongoing career advancement by providing comprehensive, personalized student services with lifelong career coaching.

Rolling admissions

No application deadlines to worry about. Apply when you’re ready and prepare to get started soon.

Classes Start October 28th

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Curriculum

BSN to DNP-PNP courses & curriculum details

Our curriculum is developed in compliance with the model for advanced nursing education of the AACN new Essentials (2021) Level 2 sub-competencies. 该计划为21世纪的护理实践做好准备，重点是跨学科知识, leadership, innovation, and the ability to impact systems and population health change.

All didactic courses are delivered online. The curriculum includes 585 hours of hands-on PNP clinical experience and a DNP Practice Project.

Program	Monthsⁱ	Credits
Doctor of Nursing Practice in Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – BSN to DNP	32	68

i. Average number of months for students to complete program.

Required Core Courses

All courses, 33.00 semester credit hours, are required.

NU 601 - Introduction to Advanced Nursing Competencies 3.00

The course focuses on introduction of advanced level nursing competencies as described by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing in their 2021 publication The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education. By engaging in course learning resources students will gain knowledge of professional nursing concepts that when applied in practice result in improved outcomes and serve to transform the healthcare environment. Students will utilize their relatable and application level of competency, across numerous essential nursing domains, 表彰他们在医疗保健和设计质量改进过程中发挥的领导作用.

NU 602 - Epidemiology, Research, and Theory 3.00

Building on foundational knowledge of statistical/bio-statistical concepts from prior education, the aim of the course is to foster the development of practice scholarship competencies. This graduate-level course integrates advanced concepts in nursing theory, research methods, and epidemiology to provide a comprehensive understanding of evidence-based practice in nursing. 本课程强调对护理理论框架的批判性评估和应用, the evaluation of research findings for application to practice, and the analysis of epidemiological data as a basis for informing healthcare practice and policy.

NU 700 - Knowledge for Nursing Practice 3.00

This course focuses on the integration, translation, and application of established and evolving theoretical, evidence-based, 并将学科护理知识作为临床判断和护理实践创新的依据. Students examine frameworks for knowledge and propose a practice application informed by leadership principals and ethical decision making.

NU 710 - Improvement Science 3.00

The course focuses on a systems-based approach to enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through system effectiveness and individual performance using established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science. Students will review metrics and data driven benchmarks to analyze quality and safety initiatives, employ change theory and improvement science processes to design evidence‐based interventions, and demonstrate advocacy to promote a just institutional culture reflecting resiliency, civility, and respect.

NU 711 - Collaborative Practice 3.00

This course focuses on the delivery of care using interprofessional teams in an environment fostering quality and safety and based on the adoption, integration, and dissemination of best practices, current practice guidelines, and evidence‐based interventions. Students will evaluate the effectiveness of interprofessional communication and the impact of team dynamics and performance on desired outcomes in practice. Using tools and techniques to support and improve the efficacy of team‐based interactions student will develop a plan to enhance collaboration.

NU 715 - Telehealth to Expand Health Care Access and Delivery 3.00

The course explores the transformative role of telehealth in modern healthcare systems. The course provides an in-depth examination of telehealth technologies, their implementation, and their impact on patient care and healthcare delivery. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of how telehealth can address disparities, enhance patient engagement, and improve health outcomes.

NU 725 - Technology and Nursing Informatics in Advanced Practice 3.00

本课程将探讨用于提供护理的信息和通信技术以及信息学过程, gather data, drive decision making, and manage and improve the delivery of safe, high‐quality, 以及按照最佳实践、专业和监管标准提供的高效医疗保健服务. Students will perform an information technology analysis of their practice and develop strategic planning to direct the selection and implementation of new information and communication technologies for their practice setting.

NU 726 - Professionalism and Leadership for Advanced Practice 3.00

This course focuses on proficient multidimensional leadership for healthcare. Leadership theory, managing change in complex environments, mentoring, and creating a workplace environment that promotes social justice and equity, self‐care, personal health, and well‐being, and lifelong learning will be emphasized. Student will examine their personal, professional, and leadership development process, 并创建一个基于宣传的三维方法，为医疗保健提供领导, professional, and community arenas.

NU 730 - Systems-Based Practice 3.00

This course applies the principals of best practices, change theory, 改进和实施科学，为复杂的卫生系统开发创新解决方案，以确保最佳护理. Course key concepts include organizational structure, including relationships among macro‐, meso‐, and microsystems across healthcare, and financial and payment models for cost management and reimbursement. 学生将参与一个复杂的医疗保健系统的战略规划倡议，提高价值, access, quality, and cost‐effectiveness, including policy to address health equity and eliminate structural discrimination.

NU 760 - Scholarship for Nursing Practice 3.00

The course focuses on the application, evaluation, and dissemination of knowledge in practice to improve health and transform health care. 知识的产生、批判、综合和翻译的过程将被检查. Students will complete human subject protection certification, determine best practices for a specified clinical initiative, 并使用循证实践和改进科学的框架将证据应用于临床决策.

NU 780 - Population Health 3.00

This course examines the healthcare delivery continuum from public health prevention to disease management of populations and describes collaborative activities with both traditional and non‐traditional partnerships from affected communities, public health, industry, academia, health care, local government entities, and others for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes. For a selected population, 学生们将分析卫生优先事项以及合作和伙伴关系的潜力，为干预措施提供基础, policy, advocate strategy, and emergency preparedness.

Required Specialty Courses

All courses, 27.00 semester credit hours, are required.

NU 610 - Advanced Health Assessment 3.00

This course is an examination of the process of holistic assessment (physical, psychosocial, and cultural) of individuals across the lifespan. 重点是批判性思维和决策相关的角色，高级实践护士在初级保健设置.

NU 621 - Advanced Pathophysiology 3.00

The course examines scientific concepts of pathophysiology essential to diagnostic reasoning and clinical management of common disease states. 成本的困境和需要实验室和放射证据，以支持诊断检查.

NU 632 - Healthcare of Infants, Children and Adolescents 4.00

The focus of this clinical course is on synthesizing theoretical knowledge, evidence-based guidelines and contemporary practices in assessment and management of health and disease states in the pediatric population from birth through adolescence. The context of family-centered care in relation to individual child growth and development, safety, and cultural practices is explored. Health risk identification, health promotion, health maintenance, and treatment alternatives are applied to individuals, families, and populations.

NU 636 - Advanced Pharmacology 3.00

This course is designed to advance the student's knowledge of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics in the management of health and disease states. Major categories of pharmacological agents are examined in the context of the life span, culture, and health and disease states. State and federal regulation related to purchase, possession, administration and patient education about controlled substances, pharmacologic agents and non-pharmacologic agents used as medications are examined.

NU 642 - Clinical Decision-Making for the PNP 2.00

本课程是对儿科患者临床决策过程的检验. Models for clinical decision- making will be presented. 将提供影响临床决策的关键评估和临床活动类别的概述. 课程概念的应用将通过参与急性和慢性临床场景来完成. 临床经验是在直接的病人护理设置，重点是儿科患者群体.

NU 643 - Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner I 4.00

本课程的重点是促进初级预防保健服务，以改善婴儿的健康和福祉, children, adolescents, and families. 课程内容包括儿科特定年龄(0-21岁)基于证据的健康监督, promotion, and disease prevention with an emphasis on The Bright Futures Guidelines and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Recommendations for Preventative Pediatric Health Care. Personal, family, cultural, community, environmental, and social determinants of health influences are also analyzed for their impact on the physical, psychosocial, and emotional health of the pediatric population. 临床经验是通过在各种卫生保健机构直接提供儿科初级保健.

NU 644 - Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner II 4.00

This course focuses on the further development of theoretical knowledge, evidence-based guidelines, and contemporary practice in the assessment, diagnosis, prevention, 以及从出生到青春期(0-21岁)儿科人群常见急性病和慢性病的管理. Building upon the concepts of previous Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) courses, 重点是提供保健服务，以促进和支持儿童在其家庭范围内的最佳健康, community, and environmental settings. 临床经验是通过在各种卫生保健机构直接提供儿科初级保健.

NU 645 - Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Practicum 4.00

本课程是对儿科初级保健实践和儿科执业护士角色的浸入式体验. This final precepted practicum will prepare the student to assume the full scope of advanced nursing practice and demonstrate the entry-level core and population focused Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP-PC) competencies. Emphasis is on refining theoretical knowledge, evidence-based guidelines, and contemporary practice in the assessment and management of health and disease states of children from birth through adolescence (0-21 years) in a variety of health care settings and in collaboration with other health professionals.

Required Project Residency Core Courses

All courses, 8.00 semester credit hours, are required.

NU 801 - Project Development and Management 2.00

本课程的重点是设计和准备一个质量改进的护理实践博士(DNP)幸运28计划. In this course, students will review expectations for a DNP project, examine completed DNP projects, identify a practice problem, create a project prospectus, develop a project protocol, create a project timeline, estimate costs associated with the proposed project, submit Institutional Review Board (IRB) project approval application, secure a project stakeholder/liaison agreement, and complete preparations necessary to support implementation, where possible, of the project.

NU 820 - Project Residency I 2.00

This course is the first of a three-course residency series which supports the implementation, management, completion, and dissemination of a DNP project focused on improving clinical practice. In this first course students will work with their Chair and Committee to initiate their project.

NU 830 - Project Residency II 2.00

This course is the second of a three-course residency series which supports the implementation, management, completion, and dissemination of a DNP project focused on improving clinical practice. 在第二门课程中，学生将继续与他们的主席和委员会合作，对他们的幸运28计划进行实施和评估.

NU 840 - Project Residency III 2.00

This course is the third of a three-course series which supports the implementation, management, completion, and dissemination of a DNP project focused on improving clinical practice. In this third course students will complete the implementation and evaluation of their project, present their project results, and prepare a written deliverable of their project.

Clinical Proficiency Exam and Policy Courses

The following courses are 0.00 semester credit hours associated with the policy outlined above. Students are required to take as co-requisite courses along with NU 611, NU 642, NU 664 or NU 671, depending on the program of study. NSG 0600 - Clinical Proficiency Course Semester Credit Hours: 0.00 NSG 0600R - Clinical Proficiency Remediation Course (if needed) Semester Credit Hours: 0.00

Tuition & Cost

The cost of tuition for the BSN to DNP-PNP program is $755 per credit.

你可以通过转换之前大学课程的学分来节省更多的钱, applying for financial aid, or potential partnership opportunities through your employer.

Our goal is your career advancement. That’s why we are always working to improve our curriculum and processes to make our program as affordable as possible while preparing you best for success in your work.

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Scholarships & Financial Aid

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Military/Veteran Discounts

Veterans, Active Duty U.S. Servicemembers, and spouses may qualify for a 10% tuition discount or tuition reduction to $250 per credit.

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Requirements

Admissions requirements

Prerequisites to enroll in the Herzing University BSN to DNP-PNP program include:

Hold a current, active, and unrestricted license as a registered nurse (RN) in the same state in which they live. (Note: Holding a multi-state, 紧凑型州的执照和作为紧凑型执照州的居民将被视为符合此要求.)
持有认可的大学或学院颁发的护理学学士学位(BSN)，总平均成绩最低为3分.0 on a 4.0 scale.

Eligible states for enrollment: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District Of Columbia.

Your clinical placement is our pledge.

软件下载理解确保临床实习作为BSN到DNP-PNP幸运28计划的一部分是学生面临的最大问题之一. At Herzing, we offer guidance and support through our step-by-step Clinical Guidance Process to ensure you can get the clinical practice experiences you need.

As a Herzing student, 软件下载鼓励你找到自己的导师和临床场所，因为这样做有很多好处. However, we provide extensive support should you find difficulty along the way. With Herzing, you are never on your own.

Because of our strong relationships with healthcare providers across the U.S. and our comprehensive Clinical Guidance Process, we are confident in our ability to help you find clinical placement. So much so that if you are unable to find a clinical site on your own, we pledge to step in and help you secure clinical placement.*

* Subject to terms and conditions outlined in the enrollment documents.

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Job outlook

Graduate from a BSN to DNP program with a Pediatric NP specialization and you’ll be prepared to join a career field expected to grow rapidly over the next 10 years.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employment of nurse practitioners is expected to rise 45% from 2022-2032.*

Careers

Specialize in advance pediatric care and earn the terminal degree in nursing

The BSN to DNP-PNP program is designed to provide you the fastest path to both earn the highest degree in nursing and begin practicing as a pediatric nurse practitioner.

The current minimum degree requirement for CPNP-PC certification is a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a PNP specialization.

However, the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) has favored increasing the degree requirement to the DNP level for several years. The knowledge and skills earned in a DNP degree program can potentially better prepare you for the broad and complex care demanded from nurse practitioners in the present and future.

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Disclosures

1. The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program at Herzing University Madison is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org). 赫京大学被批准通过与麦迪逊主校区合作，以在线学习方式提供课程, Wisconsin.

Herzing University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org), an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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* Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics 2023 / Occupational Outlook Handbook 2022. BLS estimates do not represent entry-level wages and/or salaries. Multiple factors, including prior experience, age, geography market in which you want to work and degree field, will affect career outcomes and earnings. Herzing neither represents that its graduates will earn the average salaries calculated by BLS for a particular job nor guarantees that graduation from its program will result in a job, promotion, salary increase or other career growth.

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Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Foster a healthier patient population as a DNP-prepared pediatric NP