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Potential career opportunities are available in hospital-based pediatric acute care areas, PICU, Pediatric Cardiac ICU, Pediatric Emergency Department, and program-based specialties that manage acutely ill patients from the outpatient setting through inpatient, to discharge.
Due to extensive clinical experience requirements, applicants are expected to have a minimum of one year acute care pediatric nursing experience prior to commencing the ACPNP specialty content, and two years or more are highly recommended.
Fluency in spoken and written English is mandatory for acceptance into the program. Fluency in spoken and written Spanish is highly desirable. Due to sequencing of course requirements and clinical rotations, requests for a three-year or part time program of study should be identified prior to initiating coursework. The program is academically rigorous; therefore, prospective students should plan for no more than 60% work, and limited professional commitments during their graduate study.
Coursework and clinical residency in the ACPNP program provides didactic and practical knowledge development in advanced pediatric health assessment; family/child/adolescent development and theory; pediatric physiology and acute care pathophysiology; nutritional and pharmacologic management in acute care; diagnostic and therapeutic management of acutely and critically ill children, ethical issues in the acute care setting, pediatric end-of-life/palliative care, and professional role development for the ACPNP.
In the first year, courses are taken in the Graduate core curriculum, and clinical assessment skills begin in the primary care setting, and progress to the chronic care setting. In the second year, the program includes specialty courses in pediatric acute care, and immersion into the acute and/or critical care clinical role, with an emphasis on the student's clinical focus. A total of 600 clinical hours are required for national certification by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board as an Acute Care PNP (CPNP-AC), with a minimum requirement of 50 hours in primary care, and the remainder in chronic/acute care areas. Graduates will also earn a Certificate of Completion for the End-of-Life Nursing Education Curriculum (ELNEC Pediatric), allowing them to qualify as trainers for this curriculum.
For a sample of the two-year curriculum plan, please see:
For more information, contact info@nursing.ucsf.edu
Revised:
April 2008
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