Description
This program option is designed for applicants who have an MSN and are nationally certified as an APRN as a nurse practitioner or a nurse-midwife. The plan will include completion of all course work for a Post-Graduate Certificate (PGC) that will allow the student to sit for the certification examination as a Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM), Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) or a Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner (WHCNP).
Purpose
The purpose of the PGC at FNU is to prepare nurse practitioner and nurse-midwife clinicians and leaders who will practice, evaluate and improve primary health care in an additional specialty. The ultimate goal of the program is to improve the health care and the health status of populations with a focus on rural and underserved communities.
Philosophy
The PGC program plan allows NPs and CNMs an opportunity to expand their scope of practice and produces nursing leaders who focus on improving the health care system, improving access to care for the poor and underserved and promoting the outcomes of NM and NP practice through the use of clinical scholarship and evidence based practice.
Objectives
The objectives of the PGC Program are to prepare graduates who will be able to:
- Deliver safe, culturally sensitive health care to clients across the lifespan.
- Apply critical and reflective thinking skills to provide evidence based care.
- Emulate characteristics of a professional.
- Apply ethical principles to guide and evaluate decisions.
- Analyze the social, political and economic environment within the healthcare system.
- Evaluate nurse midwifery/nurse practitioner practice through peer review and quality improvement.
- Advocate for empowerment of clients, families and communities.
- Establish and maintain quality health services in a fiscally sound and financially responsible manner.
- Assume responsibility for the clinical education of nurse midwifery/nurse practitioner students.
- Demonstrate information literacy skills in complex decision making.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the appropriate use of technology to implement and evaluate health care.
- Demonstrate leadership to initiate and guide change in clinical practice.
PGC Program Plan Nurse-Midwifery (CNEP) Curriculum Overview
Students who did not complete the required courses for Admission may have those courses added to an individualized program of study by the Department Chair. See Admission Criteria for the Post-Graduate Certificate section of this catalog for details.
Level II: Clinical Management for Specialty Care
(25 didactic credits – 0 clinical credits)
NM700 The Role of the Nurse-Midwife in Health Care Delivery Systems (3-0)
NM701 Gynecologic Health (3-0)
NM702 Midwifery Care during Pregnancy (3-0)
NM703 Primary Care of Women (3-0)
NM704 Midwifery Care during Labor and Birth (3-0)
NM705 Midwifery Care of Postpartum Women and Newborns (3-0)
NM706 Advanced Midwifery Care of Childbearing Women and Newborns (4-0)
PC719 Psych Concepts for APRN (3-0)
Level III: Clinical Bound (1 didactic credit – 0 clinical credits)
NM711 Skills for Nurse-Midwifery Care (1-0)
Level IV: Clinical Practicum (1 didactic credit – 12 clinical credits)
NM713 Nurse-Midwifery Clinical II (0-3)
NM714 Nurse-Midwifery Clinical III(0-3)
NM715 Nurse-Midwifery Clinical IV (0-3)
NM716 Nurse-Midwifery Clinical V (0-3)
NM717 Nurse-Midwifery Final Comprehensive Review (1-0)
Completion of AABC “How to Start a Birth Center” Workshop
Post-Graduate Certificate Completed: 39 total credits (27 didactic + 12 clinical)
PGC Program Plan Family Nurse Practitioner (CFNP) Curriculum Overview
Students who did not complete the required courses for Admission may have those courses added to an individualized program of study by the Department Chair. See Admission Criteria for the Post-Graduate Certificate section of this catalog for details.
Level II: Clinical Management for Specialty Care (22 didactic credits – 0 clinical credits)
NP700 The Role the Nurse Practitioner (3-0)
NP702 Primary Care I (3-0)
NP703 Gynecologic Health and Childbearing (4-0)
NP704 Primary Care Pediatrics (3-0)
NP705 Primary Care II (3-0)
NP706 Primary Care III ( 3-0)
PC719 Psych Concepts for APRN (3-0)
Level III: Clinical Bound (1 didactic credit – 0 clinical credits)
NP711 Advanced Skills for Nurse Practitioner Care (1-0)
Level IV: Clinical Practicum (1 didactic credit – 12 clinical credits)
NP713 FNP Clinical II (0-3)
NP714 FNP Clinical III (0-3)
NP715 FNP Clinical IV (0-3)
NP716 FNP Clinical V (0-3)
NP717 FNP Final Comprehensive Review (1-0)
Post-Graduate Certificate Completed: 36 total credits (24 didactic + 12 clinical)
PGC Program Plan Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (CWHCNP) Curriculum Overview
Students who did not complete the required courses for Admission may have those courses added to an individualized program of study by the Department Chair. See Admission Criteria for the Post-Graduate Certificate section of this catalog for details.
Level II: Clinical Management for Specialty Care (19 didactic credits – 0 clinical credits)
NM701 Women’s Health (3-0)
NM702 Midwifery Care during Pregnancy (3-0)
NM703 Primary Care of Women (3-0)
WH707 Antepartum Complications and Comprehensive Postpartum Care (4-0)
NP700 The Role of the Nurse Practitioner (3-0)
PC719 Psych Concepts for APRN (3-0)
Level III: Clinical Bound (1 didactic credit – 0 clinical credits)
WH711 Skills for Women’s Health Care (1-0)
Level IV: Clinical Practicum (1 didactic credit – 12 clinical credits)
WH713 Women’s Health Clinical II (0-3)
WH714 Women’s Health Clinical III(0-3)
WH715 Women’s Health Clinical IV(0-3)
WH716 Women’s Health Clinical V(0-3)
WH717 Women’s Healthcare Final Comprehensive Review (1-0)
Post-Graduate Certificate Completed: 33 total credits (21 didactic + 12 clinical)
PGC Program Plan Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Curriculum Overview
Students who did not complete the required courses for Admission may have those courses added to an individualized program of study by the Department Chair. See Admission Criteria for the Post-Graduate Certificate section of this catalog for details.
Level II: Clinical Management for Specialty Care (18 didactic credits – 0 clinical credits)
MH701 Psychopharmacologic/Neuroscience Foundations of Mental Health Care (3-0)
MH705 Psych-Mental Health Roles & Modalities of Care (3-0)
MH707 Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment Across the Lifespan (3-0)
MH708 Principles of Psychotherapy Across the Lifespan (3-0)
MH709 PMHNP Concepts: Transition to Practice (3-0)
MH720 Addictions and Contemporary Issues in Mental Health (3-0)
Level III: Clinical Bound (1 didactic credit – 0 clinical credits)
MH711 Skills for Psych-Mental Health Care (1-0)
Level IV: Clinical Practicum (1 didactic credit – 12 clinical credits)
MH713 Psych-Mental Health Clinical II (0-3)
MH714 Psych-Mental Health Clinical III (0-3)
MH715 Psych-Mental Health Clinical IV (0-3)
MH716 Psych-Mental Health Clinical V (0-3)
MH717 Psych-Mental Health Final Comprehensive Review (1-0)
Post-Graduate Certificate Completed: 32 credits (20 didactic + 12 clinical)
Dr. Tia Brown McNair is the Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and Executive Director for the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in Washington, DC. She oversees both funded projects and AAC&U’s continuing programs on equity, inclusive excellence, high-impact practices, and student success. McNair directs AAC&U’s Summer Institutes on High-Impact Practices and Student Success, and TRHT Campus Centers and serves as the project director for several AAC&U initiatives, including the development of a TRHT-focused campus climate toolkit. She is the lead author of From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education (January 2020) and Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success (July 2016 and August 2022 Second edition).