Graduate Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner
This program is for students who have completed a graduate degree in Nursing and are certified as an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN). The Graduate Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner will prepare students to deliver evidence-based comprehensive primary healthcare. Students will be prepared to work independently and collaboratively to integrate advanced knowledge in the delivery of care to all populations including rural and other underserved populations.
Requirements
This is an online program for both degree seeking and stand alone for those students with previous APRN certification.
Students must have already completed NURSE 7120, NURSE 7130, and NURSE 7140 or have transferred in equivalent coursework. In order to sit for the certification exam, students must provide dated documentation with the course description, syllabus, and or other documentation or take the course.
Total credit hours for completion: 21.5
| NURSE 8400 | Adult and Geriatric Primary Care I | 3.5 |
| NURSE 8410 | Adult and Geriatric Primary Care II | 3.5 |
| NURSE 8420 | Newborn Through Adolescence Primary Care | 3.5 |
| NURSE 8430 | Reproductive and Sexual Health Primary Care | 3.5 |
| NURSE 8545 | Advanced Diagnostics and Reasoning in Practice | 3.5 |
| NURSE 8980 | Advanced Clinical Nursing Practicum | 1-5 |
| or NURSE 9070 | DNP Clinical Residency | |