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You’ve followed your calling, working as an APRN and providing advanced care to patient populations. Now, you'd like to add an additional certification and expand your advanced practice skills. You want to provide leadership and serve as an expert. You want to improve patient health outcomes for children and families, while continuing to provide excellent care. And you want to move the nursing field and pediatric care forward. Mizzou’s online Graduate Certificate in Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist program allows you to fulfill these goals and more.
About the Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist program
You’ll continue working and serving your patients as you complete the online nursing certificate program. As you do, you’ll learn from some of the best nurse educators in the nation. Mizzou’s Sinclair School of Nursing is regularly recognized as one of the top nursing schools in the US. Becoming a Mizzoumade® nurse is a mark of pride and distinction. So is having such nurses on staff.
Through this online program, you’ll continue to advance your advanced nursing skills, learn the latest advances in care, diagnostics, and health care technologies. Once you’ve completed the program, you’ll be eligible for your APRN certification with the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
Quick facts
Official name
Graduate Certificate in Pediatric Clinical Nurse SpecialistCampus
Program type
Graduate certificateAcademic home
Sinclair School of NursingDelivery mode
100% onlineAccreditation
Higher Learning Commission, Commission on Collegiate Nursing EducationCredit hours
24.5Estimated cost
$16,206.75*This cost is for illustrative purposes only. Your hours and costs will differ, depending on your transfer hours, your course choices and your academic progress. See more about tuition and financial aid.
Career prospects
Students who pursue the pediatric clinical nurse specialist graduate certificate will:
Fill a critical, high-demand role in health care;
- Learn to provide direct patient care from wellness through acute care with a focus on complex and vulnerable pediatric populations;
- Gain skills in educating other health care providers;
- Be eligible for advanced practice nurse certification as a Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (PCNS) by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
Program structure
The online pediatric clinical nurse specialist graduate certificate program is completely online. While there are some required, synchronous chats for some courses, there are no campus visits required.
Courses are semester-based. You will also need to complete a fieldwork assignment.
Coursework includes
Pediatric primary care.
Advanced diagnostics.
Symptom management.
Advanced clinical nursing practicum.
Delivery
100% onlineCalendar system
Semester-basedTypical program length
2-2.5 yearsTypical course load
Part timeAccreditation
The University of Missouri is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States. The graduate certificate programs at the Sinclair School of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.