Post Masters Certificate Program
and Required Courses

**Application Completion & Submission Deadline

Post-Graduate Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certificate Program:

The post-graduate nurse practitioner certificate program requires a minimum of 19 credit hours.  The program prepares master's level nurses to sit for the national certification examination as a family nurse practitioner.  To be considered for admission, the applicant must have a master's degree in nursing from a nationally accredited program with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better and an unrestricted R.N. license in at least one state.  Students in the post-master's program must maintain a 3.0 GPA and receive satisfactory clinical ratings to progress.  Each student's program will be individualized based on educational and experiential background.  Prerequisites to registration for the four required courses in the program are evidence of competence in the following two areas:  advanced pathophysiology and advanced pharmacotherapeutics.

Post-Graduate Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) Certificate Program:

This program prepares nurses who have already earned a masters degree in nursing to sit for the national certification examination offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).  The post-graduate PNP certificate program requires a minimum of 19 credits that are earned in 5 courses.  Two courses are clinical, affording the student the opportunity to complete the 600 hours of supervised clinical practice with child populations required to sit for the national certification examination.  Two courses are didactic and offered via webcast and internet technology, affording the student the opportunity to take these courses distant from campus.  To be considered for admission, the applicant must have a master's degree in nursing from a nationally accredited master program with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better and an unrestricted RN license in at least one state.  Students in the post-graduate certificate program must maintain a 3.0 GPA and earn satisfactory clinical rating to progress.  Prerequisites to registration for the 4 required pediatric nurse practitioner courses are evidence of knowledge in the following two areas:  advanced pathophysiology and advanced pharmacology

This program prepares nurses who have already earned a masters degree in nursing to sit for the national certification examination offered by the National Certification Corporation (NCC).  The post-graduate NNP certificate program requires a minimum of 25 credits that are earned in 7 courses.  Two courses are clinical, affording the student the opportunity to complete the 600 hours of supervised clinical practice.  Four courses are didactic and offered via webcast and internet technology, affording the student the opportunity to take these courses distant from campus.  To be considered for admission, the applicant must have a master's degree in nursing from a nationally accredited masters program with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better and an unrestricted RN license in at least one state.  Students in the post-graduate certificate program must maintain a 3.0 GPA and earn satisfactory clinical ratings to progress.  Another requirement of the program is evidence of a recent course in advanced pharmacology.