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Family Nurse Practitioner, Post-Master’s Certificate (Online)
Degree
Family Nurse Practitioner Post-Master’s Certificate
Department
At a Glance
This fully accredited, 37-credit program focuses on advanced clinical decision-making and critical thinking skills and prepares MSN nurses to accurately and critically assess the health of individuals of all ages. Faculty advisors work closely with you to plan your course of study and ensure you stay on track throughout the program.
Program Coordinator: Judy Harkins, gradnurse@tcnj.edu
Duration
- full time: varies
- part time: 2.5–3 years
Availability
- online
Practicum
- required
9
- courses
37
- credits
$1292.66
- per credit
Who Should Pursue This Program?
This certificate program is ideal if you’re an RN with an MSN and you’d like to enhance your family health-focused skills and knowledge.
Engaged Faculty
Learn from nationally and internationally recognized faculty who are fully engaged with their students. Your professor knows your name and teaches all of your classes. You won’t find any TAs here.
Application Requirements
For your application to be considered complete, you must submit the online application as well as all supplemental documents.
Recommended Application Deadlines
We consider applications on a space-available basis. You can apply up to and including the first day of the semester.
Curriculum
This post-master’s certificate program is designed for registered nurses who have earned a master’s degree in nursing and wish to become Family Nurse Practitioners. After completing the program, graduates can sit for the Family Nurse Practitioner national certification exam.
The 33-credit post-master’s program consists of:
- NURS 503: Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice
- NURS 504: Advanced Human Pathophysiology
- NURS 603: Individual, Family, and Community Systems
- NURS 633: Advanced Holistic Health Assessment
- NURS 636: Primary Care I
- NURS 637: Primary Care III
- NURS 638: Primary Care II
- NURS 643: Primary Care of the Childbearing Family
- NURS 690: Practicum in the Nurse Practitioner Role
Program Code: NURS_SCT02
Tuition/Aid
We offer the same tuition rates no matter where you live. And there are a range of financial aid and assistantship options for TCNJ graduate students.
Accreditation
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing/master’s degree program in nursing at The College of New Jersey are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington DC 20001. 202-887-6791
