Online Family Nurse Practitioner Post-Master’s Certificate
Provide quality care for all ages with your advanced expertise.
Prepare to advance your existing career as an advanced practice nurse with your online Post-Master’s Certificate in Family (Individual Across the Lifespan) Nurse Practitioner. Our coursework will teach you how to deliver primary care and provide diagnoses and treatment plans to individuals of all ages in a variety of settings, including independent practice. Work closely with faculty experts to complete your clinical hours and prepare for the national Family Nurse Practitioner licensure exam.
Program Information
The focus of your online FNP certificate is to help you provide comprehensive, attentive care to family members in varied life stages. This spans infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, older adulthood and families maturing together.
Degree
Certificate
School
Duration
2.5 years
Required Credit Hours
33 (700 clinical hours)
Admissions
Admissions Requirements
To qualify for our online PMC programs, you must meet the following prerequisites:
- Hold a BSN and MSN from an accredited college or university
- Hold a current, unencumbered RN license
- Complete an undergraduate or graduate-level statistics course with a “C” or higher
The faculty admissions committee may look more closely at nursing and science grades
when making admissions decisions.
Admissions Process
- Resume or curriculum vitae
- Professional goal statement
- Official transcript(s)
- Two electronically submitted references (one academic and one professional in a supervisory
role)
- The supervisor reference letters must come from a direct supervisor who is responsible for your performance evaluation
- If you have been out of school more than five years, please speak with your Enrollment Advisor for advice
Transfer Credit Policy for PMC CRNP Students
- A maximum of 9 graduate credits, completed within the past 5 years from a previously earned graduate degree, may be transferred.
- A grade of “B” or higher is required.
- The Advanced Standing Request form must be submitted during the admissions process for transfer credits to be considered.
- For a student, who is already certified as a Nurse Practitioner and has prescriptive authority as defined by their state, and is requesting transfer credits greater than 9 credits, an additional detailed request to the Program Chair is required. Requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Curriculum
- GPNG 527 Clinical Prevention and Population-Based Health Promotion (3 credits)
- GPNG 528 Physical Assessment for Advanced Practice Nursing (3 credits)
- GPNG 529 Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nursing (3 credits)
- GPNG 530 Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing (3 credits)
- GNFN 508 Foundations of Family Care: Women (3 credits)
- GNFN 509 Foundations of Family Care: Infants, Children & Adolescents (4 credits)
- GNFN 510 Foundations of Family and Individual Care I (6 credits)
- GNFN 511 Foundations of Family and Individual Care II (5 credits)
- GNFN 512 Transitioning to Advanced Practice Nursing (3 credits)