Dual Pediatric Acute/Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

  Fall Year 1 

Course ID	Course name	Credit Hours
NSG 827	Epidemiology for Clinical Practice	3 (3-0)
NSG 910	Philosophy of Science and Theory in Nursing	4 (4-0)
NSG 877	Healthcare Economics	3 (3-0)
NSG 947	DNP Project Seminar I	1 (1-0)
	Total	11 (11-0)

  Spring Year 1

Course ID	Course Name	Credit Hours
NSG 831	Advanced Clinical Pathophysiology	3 (3-0)
NSG 830	Advanced Pharmacology	3 (3-0)
NSG 824	Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnosis	3 (2-1)
	Total	9 (8-1)

  Fall Year 2  

Course ID	Course Name	Credit Hours
PNP 811	Pediatric Primary Care Health Promotion	4 (2-2)
NSG 948	DNP Project Design and Methods	2 (2-0)
PNP 807	Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care in Advanced Pediatrics Nursing	3 (3-0)
	Total	9 (7-2)

  Spring Year 2 

Course ID	Course Name	Credit Hours
PNP 803	Advanced Primary Care Pediatrics I	4 (4-0)
PNP 804	Advanced Primary Care Pediatrics I Practicum	4 (0-4)
NSG 876	Leadership and Health Policy	3 (3-0)
	Total	11 (7-4)

  Fall Year 3

Course ID	Course Name	Credit Hours
PNP 805	Advanced Primary Care Pediatrics II	4 (4-0)
PNP 806	Advanced Primary Care Pediatrics II Practicum	4 (0-4)
NSG 949	DNP Project Implementation and Evaluation	2 (2-0)
	Total	10 (6-4)

   Spring Year 3

Course ID	Course Name	Credit Hours
PANP 809	Acute and Complex Pediatrics	4 (2-2)
NSG 855	DNP Advanced Professional Roles	2 (2-0)
NSG 950	DNP Project Seminar II	1 (1-0)
	Total	7 (5-2)

  Fall Year 4

Course ID	Course Name	Credit Hours
PANP 806	Advanced Acute Care Pediatrics III	3 (3-0)
PANP 807	Advanced Acute Care Pediatrics Nursing Practicum III	4 (0-4)
	Total	7 (3-4)

1020 Clinical Hours                                                                                Course total 64 (47-17)

 

 

Technical and Performance Standards: All DNP Concentrations

In addition the technical and performance standards expected of all students in educational programs in the College of Nursing, students in the DNP program are also expected to possess the mental, auditory, visual, sensory, strength, manual dexterity, and communication skills to:

1. Perform a systematic and complete history and physical examination on a client.
2. Communicate significant examination findings to other professionals and client/family.
3. Appropriately assess and record subjective and objective findings.
4. Maintain effective relationships and interact appropriately with other professionals and clients/families, demonstrating skills of leadership collaborations and decisiveness.
5. Accurately analyze alterations in functional patterns.
6. Demonstrate advanced use of the nursing process: assess, develop, implement, educate and counsel clients, prescribe appropriate therapy, demonstrate self-care skills and evaluate appropriate plans of action for diagnosed problems.
7. Maintain flexibility and emotional stability in response to novel, unique situations and stress.

Additional Technical and Performance Standards Specific to Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration

1. Anticipate common, acute, and life-threatening problems encountered in critically ill patients.
2. Identify ethical issues in critical care practice and participate in ethical decision making using a systematic approach.
3. Anticipate potential common, acute self-limiting, and selected chronic problems.
4. Develop insight into one's own emotional functioning to evaluate the ability to provide therapeutic intervention for a client.

Technical and Performance Standards Specific to Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration

1. Anticipate potential common, acute self-limiting, and selected chronic problems.
2. Develop insight into own emotional functioning to evaluate the ability to provide therapeutic intervention for a client.

If a student cannot fulfill these Technical and Performance Standards, with or without accommodations, at any time in the program, the student will be ineligible for admission or continued progression in the DNP Program. In addition to assuring that students can meet the intellectual, emotional, and physical criteria for the DNP Program, it is of utmost importance that students have the ability to provide for the safety and welfare of their patients and others. Reasonable accommodations will be provided, when appropriate, to help student meet these Technical and Professional Standards. Determination of eligibility and recommendations of accommodations must be made by Disability Services at https://www.uthsc.edu/tlc/disability-services.php.  Any student wishing accommodations must contact the university’s Office of Disability Services at tlc@uthsc.edu.