Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care Specialty Sample Curriculum

For more details about each course including the date/time and faculty, visit the UCSF Course Catalog.

YEAR 1
Fall Quarter
N200A* Foundations of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice 1 unit
N283A Pediatric Physiologic Development 2 units
N245.06 Health Promotion for Chronically-Critically Ill Children 3 units
N413.11 Advanced Practice Nursing Skills Lab in Pediatrics  2 units
N270 Advanced Health Assessment 2 units
N208 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology 2 units
Winter Quarter
N200A Foundations of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice 0 units
N246.06 Symptom Assessment and Management of Sick Children 3 units
N217F Racism, Health Care and Social Justice 2 units
N294D Essentials of Human Genomics for Nurses 1 units
N415.13A** Pediatric Specialty Care Clinical Residency 2 units
Spring Quarter
N200A Foundations of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice 0 units
N232.05A Pediatric Primary Care Pathophysiology 1 units
N283.23 Peds Complex Illness Pathophysiology and Pharm 3 units
N262 Advanced Scholarship in Research 3 units
N415.13A** Pediatric Specialty Care Clinical Residency 3 units

 

YEAR 2
Summer Quarter (Optional)
N234C*** Evidence-Based Project Proposal Development 2 units
N415.13B**** Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency 3 units
Fall Quarter
N200B Interprofessional Practice 0.5 units
N283.20 Advanced Acute Care Pediatric Nursing and Pharmacology I 4 units
N234C*** Evidence-Based Project Proposal Development 2 units
N415.13B**** Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency 4 units
Winter Quarter
N283.21 Advanced Acute Care Pediatric Nursing and Pharmacology II 4 units
N415.13B**** Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency 5 units
Spring Quarter
N211 Policy and Leadership 3 units
N283.22 Advanced Acute Care Pediatric Nursing and Pharmacology III 4 units
N415.13B**** Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency 4 units

*N200A students enroll in 1 unit fall quarter only

**Each N400 level clinical residency course = 30 hours direct patient care

***N234C is offered summer II or fall quarter

****Clinical residency units may vary based on clinical hours completed per quarter. Students must successfully complete 20 units and 600 hours of clinical during the ACPNP specialty.