The UTMB School of Nursing Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program began as a certificate program in 1972 and became a Master’s Program in 1980. All courses are offered online and require minimal visits to the Galveston campus. These visits involve selected clinical experiences and evaluations. Clinical practice in the PNP student role may be completed in the student's local geographic area. The major includes 630 clinical hours and requires 50 semester credit hours without thesis, 51 credit hours with thesis. Graduates of the program are eligible to sit for national certification with the National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses and the American Nurses Credentialing Center. For applicants to the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program a minimum of 1 year pediatric nursing experience required prior to beginning clinical courses.

Specific Requirements for entry into the Primary Care Pediatric N. P. Program:

A minimum of one year of recent pediatric experience as a regisered nurse is required.

PNP Curriculum

• GNRS 5348 Theoretical Foundations
• GNRS 5333 Issues And Methods
• GNRS 5266 Families And Health Promotion
• GNRS 5346 Public Policy
• GNRS 5301 Pharmacology
• GNRS 5355 Adv Pathophysiology
• GNRS 5216 NP Practitioner Role And Business Practices
• GNRS 5260 Community As Partner I
• GNRS 5261 Community As Partner II
• GNRS 5650 - Advanced Practice Pediatric Nursing I (Web-Based)
• GNRS 5551 - Advanced Practice Pediatric Nursing II: Management Of Minor Acute And Common Health Problems (Web-Based)
• GNRS 5552 Advanced Practice Pediatric Nursing III - Management Of Chronic Health Problems And Conditions (Web-Based)

• GNRS 5453 - Advanced Practice Pediatric Nursing IV - Role Practicum (Web-Based)
• GNRS 5216 - Nurse Practitioner: Dimensions Of Professional Role (Web-Based)
• GNRS 5364 (Web-Based) Medical Spanish And Hispanic Culture For Health Care Professionals (Web-Based)
• GNRS XXX Research Elective