Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Post-Graduate Certificate Program Options
Leadership
Position:
Program Director, Adult-Gerontology: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner MSN
Email:
Carey.Heck@jefferson.edu
Curriculum
| Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Core Curriculum | Credits |
|---|---|
| NU 560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics | 3 |
| NU 570 Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology | 3 |
| NU 673 Advanced Health Assessment | 3 |
| Specialty Curriculum | |
| NU 631 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision-Making for Acute Care Advanced Practice Nurse I | 6 |
| NU 632 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision-Making for Acute Care Advanced Practice Nurse II | 6 |
| NU 633 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision-Making for Acute Care Advanced Practice Nurse III | 6 |
| Total | 27 |
| Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Core Curriculum | Credits |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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.