PEDIATRIC POST-GRADUATE CERTIFICATE

The post-graduate Pediatric 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 on 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 Nurse Practitioner Certificate is 30 credits and 610 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 Villanova University or online, while clinical courses are taught on-site. 

Required Courses

Course Number

NUR 8901


NUR 8910


NUR 8903


NUR 8863

Course Name

Advanced Pathophysiology


Advanced Physical Assessment


Advanced Pharmacology


Health Promotion of the Growing Child

Credits

3 credits


4 credits


3 credits


3 credits

Clinical Courses

NUR 8811


NUR 8812



NUR 8809

NUR 8810
 


NUR 8813
 

NUR 8814

Clinical Management in Pediatric Primary Care I

Practicum in Clinical Managment in Pediatric Primary Care I (305 hours clinical)

Issues in Adolescents

Practicum in Clinical Managment of Pediatric Primary Care II

Clinical Managment of Pediatric Primary Care III

Practicum in Clinical Managment in Pediatric Primary Care III (305 hours clinical)

 

3 credits


4 credits



1 credit

2 credits
 


3 credits
 

4 credits

 

DIRECTOR,
NURSE PRACTITIONER TRACKS

Dr. Elizabeth Blunt, Director Nurse Practitioner Programs

 

 

Mary Terhaar, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Associate Dean, Graduate Program

mary.terhaar@villanova.edu 

Elizabeth Blunt, PhD, RN, APRN, BC, FAANP
Director, Nurse Practitioner Programs
elizabeth.blunt@villanova.edu

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

 

DOCTORAL TRACKS

MaryAnn Cantrell, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN
Director, PhD Program
mary.ann.cantrell@villanova.edu

Jodie Szlachta, PhD, CRNA
Program Director, Post-baccalaureate Nurse Anesthesia Doctor of Nursing Practice
jodie.szlachta@crozer.org

Debra Shearer, EdD, MSN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Director, Post-master's Doctor of Nursing Practice

debra.shearer@villanova.edu

Sandi Schultz
Assistant Director, Doctoral Programs

sandra.schultz@villanova.edu

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