DNP: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care
DNP: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care
Provide expert pediatric care as a PNP.
Designed for nurses with a BSN who want to achieve a doctor of nursing practice degree and prepare for certification as a pediatric nurse practitioner.
Open the door to a high-paying, rewarding career.
As a graduate of ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â's Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program, you'll join a distinguished network of healthcare leaders who are transforming children's health across communities. Pediatric Nurse Practitioners play an essential role in well-child care and the treatment of acute and chronic pediatric health conditions. Doctorate-prepared nurses from ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â graduate from a graduate nursing program with an excellent reputation. Our graduates stand at the forefront of pediatric healthcare, making profound impacts through innovative, compassionate, and evidence-based care.
As a ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â PNP graduate, you'll be prepared to:
- Provide comprehensive well-child care that sets the foundation for lifelong health
- Implement evidence-based strategies for managing acute and chronic conditions
- Deliver family-centered care that considers the whole child within their community context
- Improve patient outcomes through prevention-focused care
Through your DNP: PNP coursework, you will learn to be more than a healthcare provider. You will learn to lead, design, and implement quality improvement initiatives that advance healthcare quality through evidence-based practice. Graduates are poised to shape the future of pediatric healthcare delivery and make a lasting difference in children’s lives. You'll become:
- A trusted partner to families navigating their children's health journeys
- A community leader addressing social determinants of health
- An advocate for children's health equity and access
- An innovator in developing models of care delivery
While this is a full-time commitment, our program provides flexibility by offering a hybrid education model focused on effective online courses and highly interactive, in-person learning for core nurse practitioner classes. The program includes 810 hours of in-person clinical experiences facilitated by our dedicated clinical placement coordinator, who provides clinical placements for all nurse practitioner students. Courses are held one day a week, with intensive in-person learning experiences one to three times each semester. Students of all genders are welcome in this program.
ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â has partnerships with many leading healthcare organizations in the region. These connections provide students with access to diverse clinical placements and future career opportunities.
In addition to the DNP: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) degree, a PNP post-graduate certificate is available on its own or in conjunction with our DNP: Post-Master's degree. Contact our Graduate Admissions team to learn more.
Program at a Glance
Format: Hybrid, with some fully online courses
Start: Fall
Time to completion: 3 years
Credits required: 68
Tuition per credit: $1,200 (2025-26 rates)
Total tuition: $81,600
Rates are subject to change each June 1.
Scholarships
A ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â education is one of the most worthwhile investments you’ll ever make, and we are committed to helping you find ways to make that investment affordable. All applicants will be reviewed for DNP scholarships.
- Students employed by a St. Kate’s corporate or community partner may be eligible for a partner scholarship, reducing their tuition costs by 10%.
Degree questions, answered.
Below are sample plans of study. For course descriptions and other details, consult the .
Due to state-level regulations, we are unable to enroll students who will be residing in any of these states while enrolled in this program: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Canada.
Important Essential Abilities:
For successful admission and continuance in ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â’s nursing programs, a specific set of essential cognitive, sensory, communication, psychomotor, and behavioral/emotional/spiritual health abilities are required to be performed with or without reasonable accommodations.
Exemptions to the University’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy may affect your ability to be placed at clinical and fieldwork sites and may result in inability to progress in your program. All health profession students with COVID-19 vaccine exemptions are required to sign the prior to applying to the programs. For more information, please contact (studentcompliance@stkate.edu) or your program of study director.
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