Registered nurses who already hold a master’s degree in nursing are eligible to apply to the post-master’s certificate program and complete courses which qualify them to take a national credentialing examination for certification as nurse practitioners. Admission to the post-master’s certificate program will be accomplished in the same manner as for the master’s nursing degree program. A minimum of 19 credit hours is required for the certificate in Advanced Nursing Practice. All non-nurse practitioner post-master’s students are required to complete a minimum of 500 clock hours of supervised clinical practica.Required courses for the Family, Adult, Psychiatric/Mental Health, or Gerontological Nurse Practitioner post-master’s certificate include: ALNU5009/10Health Assessment Throughout the Life Span; PMNU 5004Seminar in Professional Roles; two or more of the specialty didactic and practica course combinations; and FCNU 5950 Internship in Advanced Nursing Practice.In addition, all nurse practitioner students will be required to takeALNU 5016 Pathophysiology for Nursing Diagnoses and Interventions and ALNU 5018 Advanced Clinical Pharmacology, if not previously taken for academic credit. Adult and Gerontological Nurse Practitioner students will take ALNU 5038 Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Older Adults and Family Nurse Practitioner students will take PMNU 5402 Behavioral Health Concepts for Adults. An individualized program of study will be designed for each student admitted to the post-master’s certificate program.