UTHSC offers 7 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Tracks:
- BSN-to-DNP – Primary Care
- BSN-to-DNP – Acute Care
- BSN-to-DNP – Dual Primary/Acute Care
- MSN-to-DNP – Primary Care
- MSN-to-DNP – Acute Care
- Post-DNP Certificate – Primary Care
- Post-DNP Certificate – Acute Care
Program Tracks Overview
| Program | Est. Tuition | Est. Duration | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSN-DNP – PC | $40.7K | ~3 yrs (full-time) | 59 |
| BSN-DNP – AC | $40.7K | ~3 yrs (full-time) | 59 |
| BSN-DNP – Dual | $44.2K | 4 yrs (full-time only) | 64 |
| MSN-DNP – PC | $23.5K–$33.1K | Not clearly stated | 34–48 |
| MSN-DNP – AC | $21.4K–$26.9K | Not clearly stated | 31–39 |
| Cert – PC | $15.2K (same rate) | ~15 mos (3 terms) | 23 |
| Cert – AC | $7.3K–$15.2K (same rate) | ~15 mos (3 terms) | 11–23 |
UTHSC’s defining advantage is breadth of pediatric preparation backed by unusually heavy clinical training: primary care, acute care, and a dual concentration that leads to both certifications, each built on 1,020 clinical hours against the 600 to 750 most single-population PNP programs require. The catch is geography, because DNP applicants who do not already hold APRN licensure must live in Tennessee, Mississippi, or Arkansas and complete their clinicals in those states.
Quick Facts
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Program Types | BSN-to-DNP, MSN-to-DNP, and post-DNP APRN certificates |
| Format | Mostly Online, all tracks. Required campus days in Memphis each semester. |
| Population Focus | Primary Care, Acute Care, and Dual Primary/Acute Care |
| Clinical Hours | 1,020 for DNP tracks (minimum 600 direct patient). 600 for certificates. |
| Clinical Placement | Faculty arrange all placements. Relatives may not serve as preceptors. |
| Residency Restriction | DNP applicants without APRN licensure must reside in TN, MS, or AR |
| Distinctive Coursework | Child and adolescent mental health. Three-course acute care management sequence. |
| RN License Requirements | Unencumbered Tennessee RN license or multistate privilege at application |
| RN Experience Requirements | None stated for primary care. Acute pediatric background preferred for acute care. |
| Admissions Cycle | One fall intake per year. Online KIRA interview required of all DNP applicants. |
| Certificate Entry Requirement | Pediatric post-graduate certificates require an earned DNP, not an MSN |
| Tuition | $690/credit resident and $757 non-resident (DNP). $661/credit (certificates). |
| Certification Pass Rate | 98% first-time pass, all DNP concentrations combined, FY2025 |
| Accreditation | CCNE through December 31, 2034. Tennessee Board of Nursing approved. |
Clinical Education at UTHSC
Clinical rules are the same across every pediatric pathway, so they are collected here rather than repeated track by track.
- Faculty select preceptors and make all placements, supported by the DNP Clinical Coordinator
- Students outside Memphis work with clinical course faculty to identify local sites, and placements typically require minimal travel from the student’s home residence
- One clinical credit equals 60 clock hours
- Relatives may not serve as preceptors
- A signed clinical contract is required for every site, and new contracts take time to negotiate
- On-campus sessions, conferences, travel, and meal time do not count toward hour totals
- Published hours are minimums, and MSN-entry or certificate students receive an individualized total after a transcript review of prior clinical hours
- Clinical experiences are interspersed throughout the program, with students generally not in clinical during the first semester
| Pathway | Clinical Hours |
|---|---|
| BSN-DNP – Primary Care | 1,020 (min. 600 direct primary care pediatric) |
| BSN-DNP – Acute Care | 1,020 (min. 600 direct acute care pediatric) |
| BSN-DNP – Dual | 1,020 total across both populations |
| MSN-DNP – Primary Care | Approx. 960–1,020, individualized |
| MSN-DNP – Acute Care | Approx. 240–660, individualized |
| Certificate – Primary Care | 600 |
| Certificate – Acute Care | 600 (23 credits). Not clearly stated for the 11-credit pathway. |
At 1,020 hours the BSN-entry tracks are among the heaviest single-population PNP programs in the country. The certification floor is 500 hours and most primary care PNP programs land between 600 and 750, so UTHSC requires roughly 40 to 70 percent more. The trade-off is more unpaid clinical time and less capacity to keep working. What you get is breadth, since the 420 hours above the direct-patient minimum are reserved for exposure across multiple levels of care.
The faculty-arranged placement model matters more than the hour count. Pediatric preceptors and pediatric-specific sites are considerably harder to secure than adult primary care sites, and pediatric acute care sites are scarcer still because they concentrate in a small number of children’s hospitals.
A program that assigns placements removes the single biggest failure point in online NP education. That said, the promise is only as strong as the local contract portfolio, so ask which sites are already under contract in your area before accepting a seat, particularly if you are entering the acute care track from a smaller Mississippi or Arkansas market.
Admissions
General Requirements (All Tracks)
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher across all collegiate work
- Unencumbered Tennessee RN license or multistate privilege at time of application, maintained throughout the program
- Application through NursingCAS, with an essay on how the credential will affect future practice
- Professional recommendations, plus an interview
- Background check and drug screen within 30 days of acceptance
- $200 non-refundable enrollment deposit applied to the first term
- One intake per year. Fall 2027 applications open August 15, 2026, priority deadline December 1, 2026, final deadline March 15, 2027
- Applicants dismissed from any nursing program are ineligible for admission or readmission
- No deferrals except for military obligation or pregnancy
⚠ Residency restriction. DNP applicants who do not already hold APRN licensure must reside in Tennessee, Mississippi, or Arkansas throughout enrollment and complete clinicals in those states. This disqualifies most out-of-region BSN-entry candidates outright. Applicants who already hold APRN licensure are exempt, which is what makes the MSN-entry and certificate pathways nationally accessible.
Meeting the December 1 priority deadline and confirming your seat by that date qualifies you for a scholarship, so treat December 1 as the real deadline rather than March 15.
Track-Specific Differences
- Primary Care (BSN and MSN entry): no prior work experience required. This is the accessible door.
- Acute Care (BSN and MSN entry): preference given to applicants with a clinical background caring for acutely ill children and their families.
- Dual concentration: full-time only, with no part-time plan published. UTHSC advises weighing time commitments carefully before applying. Whether the acute care experience expectation extends to dual applicants is not clearly stated.
- DNP tracks: BSN or MSN from a regionally accredited institution. Two recommendation forms, one academic and one professional. An online KIRA interview is required of every applicant, not just finalists. Students currently enrolled in a BSN program may apply, with licensure required before matriculation.
- Post-DNP certificates: an earned DNP is required, and MSN-prepared APRNs are not eligible. Applicants must also hold current national NP or CNS certification and state APRN approval. Three recommendation letters from doctorally prepared nurses, GPA of 3.0 in the DNP or 3.2 in the most recent degree, and interviews for selected applicants. Add a $70 NursingCAS fee and a $75 application processing fee. A pediatric clinical background may be given preference.
BSN-to-DNP – Pediatric Primary Care
The estimated tuition for the DNP Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner concentration at UTHSC is approximately $40,710 for Tennessee residents and $44,663 for non-residents (59 credits at $690 and $757 per credit).
The program can generally be completed in about three years of full-time study, though UTHSC does not publish a fixed timeline and offers part-time plans by arrangement with the concentration coordinator.
Primary Care Curriculum
The 59 credits split into 30 doctoral core credits and 29 pediatric concentration credits. What separates this sequence from a typical PNP curriculum is that the specialty content is taught as two paired didactic-plus-practicum blocks, with the theory course and its matching practicum in the same term. Classroom content and patient contact are deliberately locked together instead of front-loading didactics and back-loading clinicals.
A dedicated three-credit course in child and adolescent mental health is required, not optional. That is a meaningful signal, since behavioral health complaints dominate modern pediatric primary care panels and many PNP programs still fold this into a single module. Students planning to pursue the Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Specialist credential later will find this a stronger starting point than most.
- PNP 803 / PNP 804 – Advanced Primary Care Pediatrics I and Practicum (4 + 4)
- PNP 805 / PNP 806 – Advanced Primary Care Pediatrics II and Practicum (4 + 4)
- PNP 807 – Child & Adolescent Mental Health Care in Advanced Pediatric Nursing (3)
- PNP 911 – Pediatric Primary Care Health Promotion (4)
- NSG 824 – Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnosis (3)
- NSG 926 – DNP Synthesis Practicum: PNP (6)
Clinical requirement: 1,020 hours, including a minimum 600 direct primary care pediatric patient hours. Note that the health promotion course appears under three different numbers across UTHSC’s pages (PNP 911, PNP 811, and NAPS 874), so confirm the current code before assuming transfer credit applies.
More curriculum details are available here.
BSN-to-DNP – Pediatric Acute Care
The estimated tuition for the DNP Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner concentration at UTHSC is approximately $40,710 for residents and $44,663 for non-residents (59 credits at $690 and $757 per credit).
The program can generally be completed in about three years of full-time study, matching the primary care concentration in both length and credit load.
Acute Care Curriculum
Acute care uses the same 30-credit core and 29-credit concentration allocation as primary care, but organizes the specialty content into three escalating didactic-practicum pairs rather than two. That extra tier is where the inpatient management content lives, moving from stabilization and common admissions through to critically ill and technology-dependent children.
UTHSC is explicit that its acute care graduates are prepared for intubation, needle thoracentesis, chest tube placement, lumbar puncture, and central line placement, and it schedules skills lab sessions on campus every semester. When comparing acute care tracks, a named procedural list backed by simulation is a more useful signal than any course title. The BSN-entry sequence also retains a health promotion course that the MSN-entry version drops, which is defensible given that acute care NPs manage chronically ill children over long horizons.
- PANP 800 – Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Pediatrics (3)
- PANP 802 / PANP 803 – Advanced Acute Care Pediatrics I and Practicum (3 + 3)
- PANP 804 / PANP 805 – Advanced Acute Care Pediatrics II and Practicum (3 + 4)
- PANP 806 / PANP 807 – Advanced Acute Care Pediatrics III and Practicum (3 + 4)
- NSG 926 – DNP Synthesis Practicum: ACPNP (6)
Clinical requirement: 1,020 hours, including a minimum 600 direct acute care pediatric patient hours. The practicum credits reconcile exactly at 17 clinical credits.
More curriculum details are available here.
BSN-to-DNP – Dual Pediatric Primary/Acute Care
The estimated tuition for the dual Pediatric Acute Care and Pediatric Primary Care concentration at UTHSC is approximately $44,160 for residents and $48,448 for non-residents (64 credits at $690 and $757 per credit). The published plan of study runs four years, from fall of year one through fall of year four, and is offered full-time only.
Dual Track Curriculum
This is the most credit-efficient dual pediatric pathway in UTHSC’s catalog. The single-population tracks require 59 credits and the dual requires 64, so the second population costs five net credits, achieved by removing the six-credit DNP synthesis practicum and adding eleven credits of acute care content in its place.
The primary care sequence runs first, across years two and three, with acute care content stacked at the end in spring of year three and fall of year four. That order is sound pedagogy but means an early exit leaves you with neither credential.
- PNP 811 – Pediatric Primary Care Health Promotion (4)
- PNP 807 – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care in Advanced Pediatrics Nursing (3)
- PNP 803 / PNP 804 – Advanced Primary Care Pediatrics I and Practicum (4 + 4)
- PNP 805 / PNP 806 – Advanced Primary Care Pediatrics II and Practicum (4 + 4)
- PANP 809 – Acute and Complex Pediatrics (4)
- PANP 806 / PANP 807 – Advanced Acute Care Pediatrics III and Practicum (3 + 4)
Confirm the hour split before applying. The dual concentration requires 1,020 clinical hours, the same total as either single-population track, with roughly 360 of those hours falling in acute care. Most dual PNP programs nationally run 900 to 1,200, so the total is within range, but UTHSC delivers both populations inside the hour budget it uses for one. That is not automatically a problem, since the PNCB does not mandate a fixed split and shared pediatric foundation hours legitimately count toward both. It does mean your inpatient exposure will be thinner than a standalone acute care graduate’s. Ask the concentration coordinator to confirm in writing that the distribution satisfies eligibility for both the CPNP-PC and CPNP-AC exams before committing four full-time years.
MSN-to-DNP – Pediatric Primary Care
The estimated tuition for the MSN-entry Pediatric Primary Care pathway at UTHSC is approximately $33,120 for residents and $36,336 for non-residents at 48 credits, or $23,460 and $25,738 at 34 credits for applicants who already hold pediatric primary care certification. The duration is not clearly stated and varies with prior graduate coursework and previously completed clinical hours.
MSN-to-DNP Primary Care Curriculum
UTHSC runs two versions. Nurses seeking initial certification take 19 core credits plus the full 29-credit pediatric concentration, identical to the BSN-entry specialty content. Nurses who already hold pediatric primary care certification take a compressed specialty block built around a single eight-credit course.
The MSN-entry core is 19 credits instead of 30, dropping advanced health assessment, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and DNP role development on the assumption you completed them at the master’s level. It retains epidemiology, healthcare economics, leadership and health policy, and the four-course DNP project sequence. One practical consequence is that MSN-entry students skip the four first-semester campus sessions tied to the health assessment course.
⚠ The already-certified pathway’s credits do not add up. PNP 809 (8) plus PNP 807 (3) plus NSG 926 (6) equals 17 credits, but UTHSC totals the block at 15 and reports a 34-credit program. Taken at face value the pathway is 36 credits, which raises resident tuition to roughly $24,840. Get the credit total confirmed in writing before budgeting.
More curriculum details are available here.
MSN-to-DNP – Pediatric Acute Care
The estimated tuition for the MSN-entry Pediatric Acute Care pathway at UTHSC ranges from approximately $21,390 to $26,910 for residents and $23,467 to $29,523 for non-residents, depending on which of three entry points applies. The duration is not clearly stated and depends on prior graduate coursework and existing certification.
MSN-to-DNP Acute Care Curriculum
UTHSC publishes three separate entry points here, which is unusually granular and genuinely useful for already-credentialed APRNs.
- New acute care certification (39 credits): 19 core credits plus PANP 802 through 807, the full six-course acute care sequence
- Already holds acute care certification (31 credits): 19 core credits plus management, evaluation, and a four-credit synthesis practicum
- Holds primary care certification, adding acute care (34 credits): 19 core credits plus Acute and Complex Pediatrics, Advanced Acute Care Pediatrics III and its practicum, and a synthesis practicum
That third option is the standout. A pediatric primary care NP can add acute care preparation while earning a doctorate for roughly $23,460 in resident tuition, which is strong value for a dual-population outcome. Two cautions apply across all three. The 39-credit pathway contains no DNP synthesis practicum, unlike every other DNP pathway at UTHSC, and its practicum credits total about 660 hours rather than the 1,020 advertised elsewhere. More importantly, primary care hours do not substitute for acute care hours under PNCB rules, so request a written hour accounting during admission rather than after enrollment.
More curriculum details are available here.
Post-DNP Certificate – Pediatric Primary Care
The estimated tuition for the Post-Graduate APRN (DNP) Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate at UTHSC is approximately $15,203, the same for residents and non-residents (23 credits at $661 per credit). The published plan of study runs three terms across roughly 15 months, moving from fall to spring to the following fall with no summer enrollment.
Certificate Primary Care Curriculum
The single most important eligibility fact is that this certificate requires an earned DNP. UTHSC’s pediatric post-graduate certificates are closed to MSN-prepared APRNs, which is the opposite of the industry norm and rules out a large share of the usual certificate audience. MSN-prepared nurses who want pediatric primary care preparation here must enter the MSN-to-DNP pathway instead.
The coursework mirrors the DNP concentration’s specialty block exactly, including the required child and adolescent mental health course. There is no reduced or accelerated version, so certificate students receive the same pediatric preparation as degree-seeking students.
- NAPS 874 – Pediatric Primary Care Health Promotion (4)
- PNP 803 / PNP 804 – Advanced Primary Care Pediatrics I and Practicum (4 + 4)
- PNP 805 / PNP 806 – Advanced Primary Care Pediatrics II and Practicum (4 + 4)
- PNP 807 – Child & Adolescent Mental Health Care in Advanced Pediatric Nursing (3)
Clinical requirement: 600 hours, reconciling cleanly against a 13 didactic and 10 clinical credit split. That is well above the 500-hour certification floor and 420 hours below the DNP concentration, which is the correct design given that certificate students bring an existing advanced practice foundation. Compared with certificate programs that trim to the minimum, this is a more thorough re-preparation and a better fit if you are moving into pediatrics from an adult or family population.
More curriculum details are available here.
Post-DNP Certificate – Pediatric Acute Care
The estimated tuition for the Post-Graduate APRN (DNP) Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate at UTHSC is approximately $15,203 for the full 23-credit pathway or $7,271 for the abbreviated 11-credit pathway, at $661 per credit with no non-resident differential. The published plan of study runs three terms across roughly 15 months.
Certificate Acute Care Curriculum
Two entry points exist, and the gap between them is the largest cost swing anywhere in UTHSC’s pediatric catalog. Non-PNP APRNs complete the full 23-credit acute care sequence. Already-certified pediatric NPs complete only Acute and Complex Pediatrics, Advanced Acute Care Pediatrics III, and its practicum, for 11 credits and roughly $7,271. That second option is the cheapest route to a second pediatric population credential UTHSC offers.
- PANP 800 – Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Pediatrics (3)
- PANP 802 / PANP 803 – Advanced Acute Care Pediatrics I and Practicum (3 + 3)
- PANP 804 / PANP 805 – Advanced Acute Care Pediatrics II and Practicum (3 + 4)
- PANP 806 / PANP 807 – Advanced Acute Care Pediatrics III and Practicum (3 + 4)
- PANP 876 – Acute and Complex Pediatrics (4), required in the PNP-to-acute pathway
Clinical requirement: 600 hours for the 23-credit pathway. Hours are not clearly stated for the 11-credit pathway, where PANP 807 alone accounts for roughly 240. The short route is inexpensive and fast, but its published clinical volume is thin and the PNCB sets its own eligibility standards for the acute care exam. Confirm that UTHSC will document enough acute care hours to satisfy the certifying body, and that inpatient sites in your area can supply them. Note also that the certificate page lists 23 credits while the catalog plan of study totals 22 with variable practicum ranges, so your actual credit load and cost will be set individually.
Tuition
Estimated tuition across UTHSC’s pediatric pathways ranges from about $7,271 for the abbreviated acute care certificate to about $48,448 for the out-of-state dual concentration, making this one of the least expensive routes to a pediatric NP credential at any public health science center.
| Program | Est. In-State | Est. Out-of-State |
|---|---|---|
| BSN-DNP – Primary Care (59 cr) | $40,710 | $44,663 |
| BSN-DNP – Acute Care (59 cr) | $40,710 | $44,663 |
| BSN-DNP – Dual (64 cr) | $44,160 | $48,448 |
| MSN-DNP – Primary Care (48 cr) | $33,120 | $36,336 |
| MSN-DNP – Primary Care, certified (34 cr) | $23,460 | $25,738 |
| MSN-DNP – Acute Care (39 cr) | $26,910 | $29,523 |
| MSN-DNP – Acute Care, certified (31 cr) | $21,390 | $23,467 |
| Certificate – Primary Care (23 cr) | $15,203 | $15,203 |
| Certificate – Acute Care (23 cr) | $15,203 | $15,203 |
| Certificate – Acute Care, PNP entry (11 cr) | $7,271 | $7,271 |
These estimates use UTHSC’s published Fall 2026 rates: $690 per credit in-state and $757 out-of-state for the online DNP, and $661 per credit for all certificate programs. Each rate already bundles the maintenance fee and the online program fee.
Key Cost Takeaways
- The out-of-state penalty is close to nothing. The DNP differential is $67 per credit, about 10 percent, and certificate programs carry no differential at all. Most public health science centers charge non-residents 50 to 150 percent more.
- There is no full-time discount. Online program fees are charged per credit hour with no maximum credit cap, so a 12-credit semester costs exactly twice a 6-credit semester. Accelerating saves time, not money.
- Acute care students pay about $800 more in program fees. Pediatric acute care carries a $200 third-year review course fee plus a $1,000 board review fee, against $150 in second-year digital materials and a $256 board review fee for primary care.
- Certificate students face separate flat fees of roughly $315 for DNP digital course materials and $315 for board review.
- Summer terms are flagged as not aid eligible in UTHSC’s own cost-of-attendance schedule. A three-credit summer term of roughly $2,070 may need to be self-funded.
- Campus travel is unbudgeted and recurring. Four visits in the first semester plus one to two per semester after that, each one to three days in Memphis, adds real cost across a three- or four-year program.
- The December 1 priority deadline carries a scholarship if you also confirm your decision by that date. This is the highest-leverage cost action available.
- Ignore the published cost-of-attendance totals when comparing schools. They bundle housing, food, transportation, and about $4,224 in health insurance, inflating the figure well beyond billed tuition and fees.
What makes UTHSC’s pricing unusual is not the headline rate, which is competitive but not remarkable, but the near-absence of a residency penalty combined with the tri-state rule that limits who can use it. For BSN-entry students the low non-resident rate is functionally a discount for Mississippi and Arkansas nurses rather than a national offer. For APRN-licensed applicants, who are exempt from the residency rule, it is one of the cheapest accredited pediatric DNP options available anywhere. Rates are set each July and rose between the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 years, so budget for annual increases.
Verify current figures on the UTHSC Bursar fee information page.
Why Choose This PNP Program?
Best For
- Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas RNs who want a doctoral pediatric credential without relocating or arranging their own preceptors
- Nurses who want the option of acute care, primary care, or both from a single application to a single school
- Already-certified pediatric primary care NPs adding acute care cheaply, through the 34-credit MSN-DNP route or the 11-credit certificate
- APRNs anywhere in the country who already hold licensure and are exempt from the residency restriction
- Students who value assigned clinical placements over the freedom to choose their own sites
- Applicants who want heavy clinical volume and can absorb 1,020 hours of unpaid practicum time
- Nurses drawn to pediatric behavioral health, given the required child and adolescent mental health course
Biggest Strengths
Faculty-made clinical placements. Faculty select preceptors and make every placement, and UTHSC states that distant students typically travel minimally from home. This is the program’s most valuable feature. Programs that hand students a placement packet and wish them luck routinely produce delays and withdrawals that never appear in published completion rates.
Full pediatric population coverage. Few schools offer primary care, acute care, and a dual concentration in the same college, and fewer still price the dual at only five credits above a single track. If you are undecided between outpatient and inpatient pediatrics, applying here does not force the decision at the application stage.
Clinical volume and outcomes above the norm. The DNP tracks require roughly 40 to 70 percent more supervised practice than typical PNP programs, with a stated floor of 600 direct patient hours. UTHSC reports a 98 percent first-time board certification pass rate across all DNP concentrations for FY2025, consistent with that investment.
Potential Drawbacks
- The tri-state residency restriction is disqualifying for most applicants. BSN-entry students without APRN licensure must live in Tennessee, Mississippi, or Arkansas and complete clinicals there.
- Pediatric certificates require an earned DNP, not an MSN, which blocks the majority of the usual certificate audience and pushes them into a longer degree pathway.
- The dual concentration’s 1,020 hours match the single-population tracks, so acute care exposure comes out of the same budget rather than on top of it.
- Campus attendance is mandatory and recurring in Memphis, four visits in the first semester and one to two per semester after.
- UTHSC discourages full-time employment during enrollment, describing both pediatric programs as rigorous and full-time.
- One intake per year and no meaningful deferral policy. A missed cycle costs a full year.
- Published credit totals contain arithmetic errors in the MSN-DNP primary care and acute care certificate pathways, so treat quoted costs as provisional.
- Dismissal from any prior nursing program is an absolute bar to admission or readmission.
Bottom Line
UTHSC is one of the strongest pediatric DNP programs in the South. It combines faculty-arranged clinical placements, unusually high clinical hour requirements, and primary care, acute care, and dual-track options at relatively low public-university tuition. The biggest limitation is eligibility: BSN-entry applicants without APRN licensure must live in Tennessee, Mississippi, or Arkansas throughout the program, and the pediatric certificates require an earned DNP rather than an MSN. If you clear those gates, few public programs offer this much pediatric range for the money. If you do not, no amount of academic strength will get you in.
Accreditation
UTHSC is regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Its DNP program and post-graduate nursing certificates, including both the Pediatric Primary Care and Pediatric Acute Care certificates, are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education through December 31, 2034, and approved by the Tennessee Board of Nursing. Certification exams are administered by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, which awards CPNP-PC to primary care graduates and CPNP-AC to acute care graduates. Eligibility follows the track, so only the dual concentration prepares graduates to sit for both.
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