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

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  • Post-Graduate Family-Individual Across the Lifespan Nurse Practitioner
  • Post-Graduate Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
  • Post-Graduate Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Post-Graduate Women's Health-Gender Related Studies Nurse Practitioner

At a Glance

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    College of Nursing

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    Graduate Certificate

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    Center City, Dixon

  • Format

    Online, On Campus

  • Credits

    18

The Post-Graduate Certificate Programs (PGCP) options prepare graduate nurses holding a master's or doctoral degree in nursing in a selected Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) program role and population focus. Students will take the APRN Core Curriculum, including Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics, Pathophysiology of Human Disease, and Comprehensive Assessment for Clinical Decision-Making.

Additional role-and population-specific didactic and clinical content is contained within the specialty curriculum for the following programs: 

  • Adult Gerontology - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Adult Gerontology - Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Family - Individual Across the Lifespan Nurse Practitioner
  • Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
  • Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Women's Health - Gender Related Nurse Practitioner 

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