Master of Science Paediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care

2 Years On Campus Postgraduate Program

University of California San Francisco

Program Overview

The Paediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care PNP AC provides family-cantered care to meet the specialized needs of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with unstable chronic, complex acute, and critical health conditions. PNP ACs care for paediatric patients with that require complex monitoring and ongoing management of intensive therapies in a variety of settings with a focus on restorative care during rapidly changing clinical conditions. They can be found working closely with interprofessional teams to provide high quality, evidence-based care in areas such as hospital-based paediatric acute care areas, paediatric intensive care units, paediatric cardiac intensive care units, emergency departments, and paediatric specialty practices that manage acutely ill patients across the spectrum of care settings from outpatient, to inpatient, and through discharge.

Program Key Stats




56 %

Eligibility Criteria


6

Additional Information & Requirements

Career Options

  • Nurse practitioner
  • Clinical nurse specialist
  • Nurse midwife
  • Health policy expert
  • Community health expert

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