Adult Nurse Practitioner
Graduate Certificate Program

This Graduate Certificate Program in Advanced Practice Nursing (GCPAPN) offers an opportunity for nurses who have a graduate degree in nursing (MN or DNP) to develop the knowledge and skills needed to provide primary care management to adults.

Students complete 15 months of part-time study, and are eligible to apply for ANCC certification as Adult Nurse Practitioner and for licensure and an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) in Washington and many other states. Further specializing as Acute Care NP or Gero NP is possible by taking appropriate alternate course work. Faculty advisors assist students to plan a curriculum.

ANP Certificate courses are offered with distance learning support, making the program accessible to students in Western Washington who live outside of the Seattle area and to students with limited availability during the week. Students can opt to attend classes at the Seattle campus.

Course plans generally require one or two days of study or clinical practicum weekly. Program development and fieldwork placements are individualized. Clinical practice experiences are offered in urban and rural locations.

Student Learning Outcomes

• Conduct comprehensive health assessments, including ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests such as laboratory tests, ECGs, and chest radiographs
• Diagnose and manage health problems and disease-related symptoms
• Prescribe and evaluate drugs and treatments
• Coordinate care during setting transitions
• Work collaboratively and independently to enhance access to and quality of care for patients and families through cost-effective, outcome-oriented, risk-appropriate practice
• Assume primary responsibility to promote health, assess and manage common acute and chronic health conditions in adults
• Analyze, articulate, and facilitate resolution of health care issues (economic, societal, legislative, ethical, and legal)
• Synthesize knowledge and skills to provide advanced nursing care among diverse, multi-cultural, and medically under-served patients in various health care settings
• Develop and use leadership strategies to improve health care

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