Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Post-Graduate Certificate
Post-graduate certificate (PGC) requirements are tailored to the individual student, depending on past academic work, experience, the student’s goals, and specialty requirements. Upon completion of the PGC requirements, a certificate is awarded by the College of Nursing (CON) and Graduate School. Graduates are eligible to apply to take board certification exams in the advanced practice role and population for which they have been prepared.
Due to higher education regulation changes, the University of Missouri–St. Louis cannot admit students from all states for online programs. For the most up to date information about Licensure and Certification requirements, please visit the State Approvals site for UMSL.
Admission Criteria
- A completed University of Missouri-St. Louis Nursing CAS application
- MSN, DNP from a nationally accredited nursing program
- MSN or DNP 3.0 minimum GPA
- Current professional licensure
- Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP-AC) post-graduate certificate requires at least one (1) year of inpatient pediatric nursing experience
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) post-graduate certificate requires at least one (1) year of inpatient or outpatient psychiatric nursing or emergency room nursing experience
Certificate Requirements
Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of coursework from the University of Missouri - St. Louis College of Nursing. Courses must be from the list below.
| Course Number | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| NURSE 6518 | Pathophysiology for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| NURSE 6520 | Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| NURSE 6524 | Health Assessment for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| NURSE 6530 | Introduction to Diagnostic Reasoning | 3 |
| NURSE 6723 | Foundations of Pediatric Health | 3 |
| NURSE 6743 | Pediatric Health I: Acute and Chronic Care | 4 |
| NURSE 6745 | Pediatric Health II: Complex Acute Care | 4 |
| NURSE 6954 | Advanced Practice Nursing: Practicum I | 1-4 |
| NURSE 6955 | Advanced Practice Nursing: Practicum II | 1-4 |
| NURSE 7954 | Advanced Practice Nursing: Practicum III | 1-4 |
All students must complete 8 credit hours of Practicum. One credit hour is equivalent to 75 clinical practice hours.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the program, certificate earners will be able to:
- Integrate evidence-based concepts from advanced practice nursing, the arts, sciences, and humanities to provide comprehensive, competent, holistic, and patient-centered care promoting healthy outcomes and health equity for diverse individuals, families, communities, and populations.
- Demonstrate clinical decision-making and actions based on ethical and legal obligations, standards of practice, economics, health equity, and nursing values.
- Evaluate approaches to practice utilizing information and communication technologies to promote safe, high-quality care, and efficient health delivery services according to best practice, professional, and regulatory standards.
- Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for decisions and actions based on professional intrapersonal values, ethical and legal obligations, standards of practice, social justice, and economics.
- Demonstrate mastery of specialized nurse practitioner competencies, as outlined by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) Population-Focused Nurse Practitioner Competencies.