NOTE: This is a post-graduate certificate registered with New York State.
Roberts’ Family Nurse Practitioner Post-Master’s Certificate is designed for licensed nurses with an M.S. in Nursing who want to play a critical role in the future of their profession.
As part of our customized pathways, a Program Director will conduct a Gap Analysis to identify the specific graduate nursing courses you need for this certificate.
Program Highlights
Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate Courses Include:
Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing
Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nursing
Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
Diagnostic Skills and Procedures Lab
Primary Care I Adult Patient
Two courses with clinical
Primary Care II Older Adult
Two courses with clinical
Primary Care III Reproductive Health
Two courses with clinical
Primary Care IV Pediatrics
Two courses with clinical
Health Policy, Advocacy, and Leadership for the Advanced Practice Nurse
Non-matriculated students are welcome to apply to take individual courses.
Tuition & Fees
The 2024-2025 cost per credit hour for this program is $954 per credit.
With 40 credit hours in the program, that's a total of $38,160 to complete the program!
Note: Completion of a Post-Master's Certificate may require additional credits outside of what is provided in the program. Fees vary by program and cost is subject to change each academic year. Roberts Wesleyan University reserves the right to change the fees above at any time without prior notice.
Admission Requirements
- B.S. degree with a nursing major from an accredited program*
- Unencumbered licensure to practice as a registered professional nurse in New York State
- Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.3 on a scale of 4.0
- Successful completion (B minus or higher) of a statistics course
- Current employment as a Registered Nurse
- Demonstrated proficiency in written communication
- Two years of nursing experience
- For RNs with less than two years of RN experience, the Graduate Curriculum Committee may consider other significant experience in health care, including working as an LPN
- Review and sign the technical standards
Questions?
Meet Your Enrollment Representative!
James Blake
Assistant Director of Admissions