Infectious Disease and Infection Control Nursing
Graduate Certificate Program

The Infectious Disease and Infection Control Nursing (IDICN) Graduate Certificate Program is available to students who hold or are pursuing a graduate degree. This graduate certificate, designed to enhance knowledge, clinical experiences, or scientific inquiry, prepares nurses to face emerging areas of threats to health from infectious diseases or infections. The certificate is designed for completion in 2 (full-time) to 4 (part-time) quarters of study.

The IDICN Certificate includes a blend of faculty with expertise in infectious diseases, immunology, and care systems management. Specialty clinical sites include those that provide services to people with HIV/AIDS, TB, hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, agency infection control services, and numerous other environments providing care for people are at risk for infectious diseases and infections.

The IDICN Certificate prepares matriculated graduate and post-master's nurses to develop knowledge, refine clinical practice, and/or advance nursing science in the area of infectious disease and infection control. The program:

• provides a basic science foundation relevant to theory, practice, and research of issues pertinent to infection control or infectious disease
• offers faculty and preceptor-guided clinical or capstone opportunities to synthesize knowledge and practice regarding infections or infectious diseases
• poses knowledge for nursing and multidisciplinary collaborative efforts to improve the health care needs of people with infections and infectious diseases

Student Learning Outcomes

• Incorporate knowledge from basic sciences into the expertise and care of patients with infections or infectious diseases.
• Develop skills in the assessment, management, and evaluation of patients with infections or infectious diseases.
• Culminate learning experiences through the development of a clinically relevant project or scholarly analysis paper that addresses the needs of people with infections or infectious diseases or facilities that serve these populations.

Curriculum
The curriculum includes a minimum of 15 credits, nine of which must be earned in courses numbered 500 and above. IDICN Certificate students select from a menu of Health Science courses to earn 3 credits in Epidemiology and 3 credits in Microbiology. Each student completes a 3- credit capstone clinical or project. The remaining 6 credits are elective courses.

Electives (6 credits). Students select from courses in nursing, biostatistics, medicine, educational leadership and policy, economics, environmental health, epidemiology, family medicine, health services, health sciences management, molecular and cellular biology, nutritional sciences, pathobiology, public affairs, pharmacy, psychology, and social work.

• Admissions
• Certificate Program Costs

Graduate Certificate Contact

Molly McAllister
Dept. of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems
E-mail: mollymac at u dot washington dot edu