Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Post-Graduate Certificate Program Options

At a Glance

  • College

    College of Nursing

  • Degree

    Certificate

  • Campus

    Center City, Dixon

  • Format

    Online, On Campus

  • Credits

    18

Contact

Leadership

Name: Carey Heck, PhD, CRNP, AGACNP-BC
Position: Program Director, Adult-Gerontology: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner MSN

Post-Graduate Adult Gerontology - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Curriculum

Courses Credits
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Core Curriculum*  
NU 560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics 3
NU 570 Pathophysiology of Human Disease 3
NU 673 Comprehensive Assessment for Clinical Decision-Making 3
Specialty Curriculum   
NU 631 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision-Making for Acute Care Advanced Practice Nurse I 3
NU 632 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision-Making for Acute Care Advanced Practice Nurse II 3
NU 633 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision-Making for Acute Care Advanced Practice Nurse III 3
Total Credits 18

*NPs returning for a PGCP in an NP population-focused area in which they are not currently practicing or certified may be granted academic credit for prior didactic and clinical experiences based on a gap analysis of an applicants academic/practice portfolio.