Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Advanced Certificate
The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner — Acute Care Advanced Certificate prepares pediatric nurse practitioners to care for children with acute, complex, critical and chronic illnesses, disabilities or injuries.
Students who pursue this two-semester post-master's certificate will be well-prepared to work in a variety of acute care settings, such as pediatric intensive care units, pediatric inpatient units, pediatric emergency roomss, pediatric urgent cares, pediatric trauma centers, and pediatric specialties such as cardiology, pulmonology, and neurology.
The program — the first of its kind in New York State — focuses on caring for children of all ages and prepares students to deliver high-quality advanced nursing care that restores health, prevents complications, and assists patients and families in navigating rapidly changing acute health care environments.
All didactic content is delivered online, with two on-campus intensives per semester. Each semester is 6-9 credit hours (depending on the number of clinical hours the student needs).
The curriculum for the Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Advanced Certificate Program is composed of selected professional core and clinical courses. With faculty advisement, students are responsible for designing appropriate degree plans.
Professional core courses:
- NUR 407 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology (5 credit hours)
- NUR 419 Advanced Pharmacology (3 credit hours)
Clinical specialty courses:
- NUR 410 Advanced Pediatric Health Assessment and Care of the Well Children and Adolescents (5 credit hours, 112 clinical hours)
- NUR 433 Pediatric Acute Care NP I (4 didactic credits, 1 lab credit, variable clinical credits)
- NUR 434 Pediatric Acute Care NP II (4 didactic credits, 1 lab credit, variable clinical credits)
Julie Gottfried, DNP, RN, CNS, CPNP-PC/AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – Acute Care (PNP-AC) Specialty Director
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
For more than two decades, Julie Gottfried has worked in a variety of clinical and academic roles to improve the care of children and their families. The majority of her career has been spent with Golisano Children’s Hospital in Rochester, NY, where she has practiced as a bedside nurse, as a clinical nurse specialist, and most recently, as a pediatric nurse practitioner within the Pediatric APP Inpatient Team.
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