Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (Graduate Certificate)

The certificate program for the women's health nurse practitioner specialty is an advanced nursing practice program. The program prepares graduates to provide holistic, client-centered primary care for women from adolescence through older adulthood. It is designed for board-certified nurses in a different advanced practice registered nurse specialty area seeking additional certification as a women's health nurse practitioner, or for doctorate-level nurses seeking to become a women's health nurse practitioner. This is hybrid program, a blend of in-person and online learning. Students are required to travel to campus for orientation once and for immersions two or three times per semester. Core courses include pharmacology, advanced pathophysiology and advanced health assessment. Any deficiency courses determined by the student's unique gap analysis must have been completed in the past five years to be eligible for credit. Specialty courses focus on the assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based management of common and complex gynecologic, sexual, reproductive, menopause-transition and postmenopause health care; uncomplicated and high-risk antepartum and postpartum care; as well as sexual and reproductive health care for men. More details: https://degrees.apps.asu.edu/masters-phd/major/ASU00/NUWHNPGRCT/women's-health-nurse-practitioner-graduate-certificate