Program Overview

Primary Care Pediatric Post-Graduate Certificate

Overview

The Primary Care Pediatric Post-Graduate Certificate is a tailored program designed for individual students, taking into account their past academic work, experience, goals, and specialty requirements. Upon completion of the program, students are awarded a certificate by the College of Nursing (CON) and Graduate School, making them eligible to apply for board certification exams in their advanced practice role and population.

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 selected from the following list:

• NURSE 6518: Pathophysiology for Advanced Nursing Practice (3 credits)
• NURSE 6520: Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice (3 credits)
• NURSE 6524: Health Assessment for Advanced Nursing Practice (3 credits)
• NURSE 6530: Introduction to Diagnostic Reasoning (3 credits)
• NURSE 6723: Foundations of Pediatric Health (3 credits)
• NURSE 6743: Pediatric Health I: Acute and Chronic Care (4 credits)
• NURSE 6744: Pediatric Health II: Comprehensive Primary Care (4 credits)
• NURSE 6954: Advanced Practice Nursing: Practicum I (1-4 credits)
• NURSE 6955: Advanced Practice Nursing: Practicum II (1-4 credits)
• NURSE 7954: Advanced Practice Nursing: Practicum III (1-4 credits)

All students must complete 8 credit hours of Practicum, with one credit hour equivalent to 75 clinical practice hours.