Find out more about Post-Master's Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate

Program Details

The Ohio University Post-Graduate Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certificate program is designed to give active nurses the skills, confidence, and autonomy needed to become a family nurse practitioner (FNP). Created for advanced practice nurses in other specialties who already possess an MSN from a regionally accredited institution, this 19-credit, three-semester program provides students with the current theory and advanced practical knowledge necessary to be able to assess and manage the health of patients ranging from children to adults. It prepares students for providing care to patients of all ages and in a variety of medical settings, including primary care offices, school health clinics, retail health clinics, community health clinics and more.

On completing the program, graduates will have the ability to: analyze practice management principles utilized in the primary care setting; analyze the social, legal, health policy, and ethical issues in the care of individuals and families by family nurse practitioners in the primary care setting; apply leadership skills and decision-making in the provision of culturally responsive, inter-professional, and quality care to improve health outcomes of individuals and families; demonstrate clinical reasoning through assessment and differential diagnosis of individuals and families in primary care using evidence-based practice; and demonstrate entry-level knowledge in primary care.

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