NURSE PRACTITIONER PEDIATRICS

## Description
**STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:**
Promotes and maintains patients’ health by providing health care services to the extent to which she/he is licensed and/or certified.
**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:**

• Ability to learn and adapt
• Ability to direct others and to make independent decisions
• Demonstrated competencies in dealing with age groups including neonates, infants, children, and adolescents

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:**

• Successful completion of an approved nurse practitioner or physician assistant program (graduation from one of these programs requires a high school diploma or equivalency)
• Current approval by the Joint Board of Medical Examiners and Board of Nursing to perform medical acts
• Must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in Arizona
• Master of Science in Health Sciences or related field required