The Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (ACPNP) specialty prepares nurses for advanced nursing practice roles in caring for acutely, critically, and chronically ill children in a variety of health care settings. Graduates will provide direct patient care management such as performing in-depth physical assessments, ordering and interpreting results of laboratory and diagnostic tests, and ordering medications and performing therapeutic treatments. Management of health and developmental needs of infants, children, adolescents, and their families is also emphasized. The online format means working nurses do not need to give up employment or relocate to the Atlanta area to become an Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at Emory University. This program starts each year during the fall semester.