Post-graduate certificate
Post-Graduate Certificate, PGC
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Post-Graduate Certificate (PGC)
At FNU, you can add a certification in one of the following specialties:
- Nurse-Midwife
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
In Frontier Nursing University’s Post-Graduate Certificate (PGC) program, you will expand your scope of practice while building skills in leadership, clinical scholarship, evidence-based practice and clinical evaluation. The PGC is an excellent option if you wish to specialize in an area not obtained in your original graduate studies.
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Program Overview
Prerequisite Requirements
You must have a master’s or higher degree in one of the following advanced practice registered nurse specialties to apply to the PGC program:
- Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP)
- Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM)
- Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
- Geriatric-Adult Nurse Practitioner (GANP)
- Geriatric Nurse Practitioner (GNP)
- Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP)
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
- Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner (WHNP)
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP)
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP)
Graduates of other types of nursing master’s programs may apply for transfer credit, but are not eligible for the Post-Graduate Certificate option.
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