Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner (Graduate Certificate)

University of Alabama in Huntsville

Post-Baccalaureate CertificateAcademicCIP: 51.3805

The certificate in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner gives students already possessing an MSN the opportunity to pursue a family nurse practitioner certificate. Students are admitted to the family nurse practitioner certificate program for the fall semester and complete the requirements in four semesters.

Credits

24 credits

Format

In-Person

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Credentials this program stacks toward

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Course Pathway

4 courses in this program

14 courses

Program Requirements

Courses required to complete this program

NUR 610Advanced Health Assessment Nurse Educator

6 cr

NUR 611Family Nurse Practitioner Ii

6 cr

NUR 612Family Nurse Practitioner Iii

6 cr

NUR 613Family Nurse Practitioner Iv

6 cr

Program Details

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What you need to earn this credential

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Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner (Graduate Certificate)

University of Alabama in Huntsville

Post-Baccalaureate CertificateAcademicCIP: 51.3805

Credits

24 credits

Format

In-Person

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

Reading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingSpeakingActive ListeningMonitoringSocial PerceptivenessJudgment and Decision MakingService OrientationComplex Problem SolvingActive LearningWritingCoordinationInstructingLearning Strategies

Knowledge

Medicine and DentistryEnglish LanguagePsychologyBiologyCustomer and Personal ServiceEducation and TrainingTherapy and CounselingAdministrative

Abilities

Written ComprehensionProblem SensitivityInductive ReasoningOral ExpressionWritten ExpressionDeductive ReasoningOral ComprehensionInformation OrderingSpeech RecognitionSpeech ClarityNear Vision

Tasks

Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.
Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice
Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease
Provide specialized direct and indirect care to inpatients and outpatients within a designated speci
Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient car
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or confe
Develop and evaluate work processes based on evidence-based standards.
Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and ins
Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other metho
Assess patients' mental and physical status, based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.
Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.
Document patients' medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, trea
Mentor nursing students.
Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.
Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-
Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac lif
Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

Technology

Medical softwareData base user interface and query softwareOffice suite softwareSpreadsheet softwareElectronic mail softwareInformation retrieval or search softwareInternet browser softwarePresentation softwareCloud-based data access and sharing softwareDocument management softwareBusiness intelligence and data analysis softwareCategorization or classification softwareComputer based training softwareCalendar and scheduling softwareWord processing software

Tools

AngiocathsApnea monitorsArgon lasersArterial blood gas monitoring equipmentArterial line cathetersAutomated external defibrillators AEDBack bracesBilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilatorsBinocular light compound microscopesBiopsy punchesBlood drawing syringesCarbon dioxide CO2 lasersCardiac monitorsCardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR face shieldsChest tubesAlligator forcepsArterial blood gas testing equipmentAutomated medicine dispensing equipmentAutotransfusion systemsBackboardsBedpansBlood glucometersBlood pressure monitorsBreast pumpsBed scalesBlood warming equipmentBulb syringesBlood pressure cuffsCathetersElectrocardiogram

Work Values

RelationshipsAchievementSupportIndependenceWorking ConditionsRecognition

Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

Program Pathways

Credentials this program stacks toward

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What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: proficient (Level 3)(based on Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)

Complex, unstable, and comorbid patient presentations — diagnose and manage autonomously, leading collaborative care with physicians, specialists, and interdisciplinary teams.
Individualized treatment plans — design and refine plans across the full scope of NP practice, integrating scientific rationale with patient-specific factors and cost considerations.
Advanced patient education interventions — develop and execute tailored counseling strategies that address health literacy, behavioral risk factors, and chronic disease self-management.
Comprehensive diagnostic reasoning — interpret multi-system clinical data, laboratory results, and imaging independently to generate accurate differential diagnoses for non-routine cases.
Emergency and high-acuity conditions — assess, stabilize, and initiate evidence-based treatment under urgent conditions in emergency department or inpatient collaborative environments.
Pharmacotherapy decisions — prescribe based on comparative efficacy, safety profiles, and formulary cost-effectiveness within full legal prescriptive authority across diverse patient populations.
Longitudinal chronic disease programs — oversee and optimize population-level management of conditions such as heart failure and type 2 diabetes using outcomes monitoring and protocol adjustment.
Inductive and deductive clinical reasoning — apply systematically to resolve ambiguous or rare presentations, drawing on biomedical science and clinical experience.
Interprofessional coordination — lead care conferences and cross-disciplinary communication strategies to ensure seamless patient transitions across care settings.
Clinical data analysis and reporting — use spreadsheet and database software to track patient outcomes, identify trends, and inform quality improvement actions.

Course Pathway

4 courses in this program

14 courses

Program Requirements

Courses required to complete this program

NUR 610Advanced Health Assessment Nurse Educator

6 cr

NUR 611Family Nurse Practitioner Ii

6 cr

NUR 612Family Nurse Practitioner Iii

6 cr

NUR 613Family Nurse Practitioner Iv

6 cr

Program Details

Detailed information about this program

No detailed information available.

Requirements

What you need to earn this credential

No requirements listed.

Financial Aid

Eligible funding programs

No funding information available.

Scholarships

No scholarships listed.

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