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

Contact

Name: Sara Stainthorpe, MSN, CRNP, AGPCNP-BC
Position: Program Director, Adult-Gerontology: Primary Care Nurse Practitioner MSN

Curriculum

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Core CurriculumCredits
NU 560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics3
NU 570 Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology 3
NU 673 Advanced Health Assessment3
Specialty Curriculum 
NU 674  Management of Common Health Problems in Primary Care 6
NU 630 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision-Making for Adult Care Advanced Practice Nurse 6
NU 676 Management of the Adult and Older Adult in Ambulatory Care 6
Total27

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Core CurriculumCredits
NU 560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics3
NU 570 Pathophysiology of Human Disease3
NU 673 Comprehensive Assessment for Clinical Decision Making3
Specialty Curriculum 
NU 674  Management of Common Health Problems in Primary Care 3
NU 630 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision-Making for Adult Care Advanced Practice Nurse 3
NU 676 Management of the Adult and Older Adult in Ambulatory Care 3
Total18

*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.