Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Post-Graduate Certificate Program Options
College
- Center City Campus
- Dixon Campus
- College of Nursing
Degree Earned
- Certificate
Progam Length
18 credit hours
Program Information
- On Campus
- Online
Contact
Leadership
Position:
Program Director, Adult-Gerontology: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner MSN
Email:
Carey.Heck@jefferson.edu
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.