Doctor of Nursing Practice

Pediatrics (Infants through Young Adults)

• Acuity: Critically ill, complex chronic, unstable
• Settings: PICUs, pediatric ERs, inpatient specialty services

Acute Pediatric Management

• High-intensity, acute care management
• Inpatient procedures, resuscitation, organ dysfunction, acute stabilization

• You love pediatric critical care and hospital medicine.
• You want to work in high-acuity settings like PICUs or pediatric ERs.
• You excel at diagnosing and stabilizing complex illnesses in children.

Adolescents to Older Adults

• Acuity: Unstable, critically ill, complex
• Settings: ICUs, trauma centers, inpatient specialty, ERs 

Acute & Critical Management

• High-intensity, episodic management
• High-stakes diagnostics, stabilization, invasive procedures 
   

• You thrive in fast-paced hospital or ICU environments.
• You love complex physiology and rapid diagnostics.
• You want to manage critical illness and perform procedures. 

Pediatrics (Infants through Young Adults)

• Acuity: Stable to critically ill, complex chronic, unstable
• Settings: Pediatric primary care, inpatient units, specialty services, PICUs, pediatric ERs

Comprehensive Pediatric Care Across Settings

• Integrates longitudinal primary care with acute and critical care
• Prevention, development, chronic illness, acute stabilization, and care transitions

• You want flexibility to care for children in both outpatient and hospital settings.
• You value continuity across wellness, chronic illness, hospitalization, and recovery.
• You want preparation in both pediatric primary and acute care practice.

Reproductive Lifespan, Birth & Gynecologic

• Acuity: Low-risk obstetric & specialty outpatient
• Settings: Hospitals, birth centers, OB/GYN clinics

Comprehensive Full-Scope Care

• Blends full-scope midwifery with specialized outpatient gynecology
• Prenatal, intrapartum, complex gynecologic, and preventive care

• You want the flexibility to manage birth and specialized gynecology.
• You want expertise in both normal birth and complex outpatient care.
• You plan to practice full-scope reproductive health.

Lifespan (Infants to Older Adults)

• Acuity: Stable, episodic, chronic
• Settings: Primary care, family practice, urgent care, community health 

Prevention & Chronic Disease

• Longitudinal, relationship-based care
• Health promotion, disease prevention, outpatient procedures 

• You want long-term relationships across all age groups.
• You focus on wellness and chronic disease management.
• You enjoy broad diagnostic variety in primary care. 

Neonates and Infants (Birth through 2 Years)

• Acuity: High-risk, critically ill, premature, medically complex
• Settings: NICUs, delivery rooms, newborn services, neonatal transport, high-risk follow-up

Neonatal Intensive & High-Risk Care

• Family-centered management across the neonatal continuum
• Resuscitation, ventilation, nutrition, procedures, developmental care, and transition home

• You are passionate about caring for premature and critically ill newborns.
• You enjoy complex neonatal physiology, technology, and procedures.
• You want to support infants and families from delivery through NICU care and follow-up.

Reproductive Lifespan & Newborns

• Acuity: Low-risk, physiological care
• Settings: Birth centers, hospitals, outpatient prenatal clinics 

Physiologic Birth & Care

• Shared decision-making & continuity model
• Pregnancy, labor, birth, postpartum, and gynecologic care 

• You want to support normal, physiologic pregnancy and birth.
• You value continuity of care and shared decision-making.
• You want to empower birthing individuals. 

Pediatrics (Infants through Young Adults)

• Acuity: Stable, developmental, chronic
• Settings: Pediatric clinics, school health, community health

Growth, Development & Prevention

• Family-centered, longitudinal care
• Well-child visits, immunizations, developmental screening, minor acute care

• You love working with kids and families over time.
• You are passionate about child development and wellness.
• You want to manage childhood health in an outpatient setting.

Lifespan (Mental Health & Substance Use)

• Acuity: Stable to highly complex psychiatric
• Settings: Outpatient behavioral health, telepsychiatry, hospitals, community mental health 

Biopsychosocial & Recovery Care

• Therapeutic, trauma-informed continuity
• Psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, crisis stabilization 

• You are passionate about mental health and recovery.
• You excel at therapeutic communication and therapy.
• You want to manage psychiatric care over time. 

Organizations, Teams & Systems

• Acuity: System-wide, administrative, operational
• Settings: Health systems, executive leadership, clinical operations

Systems, Quality & Finance

• Administrative & operational leadership model
• Strategic planning, financial stewardship, workforce & quality improvement

• You want to lead organizations, strategy, and healthcare policy.
• You enjoy finance, operations, and workforce management.
• You aim for executive or administrative leadership roles.

Reproductive & Gynecologic Lifespan

• Acuity: Stable, preventive, specialty
• Settings: Outpatient OB/GYN, health clinics, specialty practices 

Reproductive & Gender Health

• Longitudinal outpatient care

• Contraception, menopause, STI management, office procedures 

• You want to specialize in outpatient gynecologic health.
• You enjoy wellness exams and office procedures (IUDs, screenings).
• You prefer a clinic schedule over attending births.