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Post-Master's Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner at University of Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati, United States

Programme overview

Family, in its broadest definition, influences nearly every aspect of a person’s health. As a family nurse practitioner, you treat the family as the unit of care, rather than isolated individuals. Graduates of the FNP program care for patients of all ages, working in a wide-array of primary population-based care offices to outpatient clinic settings. Family nurse practitioners provide care to individuals who are well, or who have common health problems.

Faculty: College of Nursing  |  Duration: 1.5 years  |  Study mode: online  |  Location: Cincinnati, OH, United States

Career pathways

Graduates of this specialty meet educational requirements to take exams for national certification. Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs) provide a wide range of primary care services across the lifespan, from performing physical exams and educating patients on disease prevention to ordering and interpreting diagnostic testing, prescribing medications and treating acute and

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applications for our online certificate programs are accepted every semester. For full admissions criteria, visit the Admission Requirements page.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications: programmes set their own deadlines and decision schedules. Most programmes use the UC Graduate Admissions Application; Nursing uses NursingCAS, Occupational Therapy OTCAS, Physical Therapy PTCAS, Athletic Training ATCAS, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology CSDCAS, and Public Health SOPHAS.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.uc.edu/admissions.html

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