PNP-PC Suggested Plan of Study

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care | BSN-DNP

Ways to Study

  • Online

Part-Time Plans of Study

Beginning in Fall 2025, all DNP programs will offer part-time options. Please check back for updated plans of study!

DNP Course List

YearCourseCredits
One
FallNURS 715: Pathophysiology for Advanced Nursing Practice3
NURS 720: Pharmacotherapeutics in Advanced Nursing Practice3
NURS 936: Informatics and Safe and Effective Health Care3
SpringNURS 740: NURS 740: Evidence-Based Practice / Research3
NURS 945: Population Health in a Global Context3
NURS 969: Applied Data Analysis3
SummerNURS 934: Clinical Scholarship and Professional Communication3
NURS 935: Leading Organizational and Systems Change3
Two
FallNURS 750: Advanced Health and Physical Assessment for Advanced Practice Nursing — 45 lab hours3
NURS 752: Advanced Diagnostic Reasoning and Management2
NURS 921: Theoretical Principles of Evidence-Based Practice3
NURS 922: Critical Appraisal of Evidence3
Qualifying Exam
SpringNURS 840: Primary Care of Children I — 120 clinical hours6
NURS 923: Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practice3
NURS 994: DNP Project3
SummerNURS 849: Advanced Clinical Practicum in the Primary Care of Children — 120 clinical hours2
NURS 994: DNP Project (if implementing DNP Project during the summer)3
Three
FallNURS 841: Primary Care of Children II — 120 clinical hours4
NURS 967: Economics and Financing of Health Care Systems3
NURS 994: DNP Project3
SpringNURS 842: Care of Children with Complex Health Conditions — 180 clinical hours6
NURS 938: Public Policy and Advocacy in Health Care3
NURS 994: DNP Project (if completing project)3

Clinical hours must be taken in sequence.