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Take your nursing career to the next level when you further your skills and your clinical practice as a family nurse practitioner. At the University of Central Missouri, we offer a graduate certificate for nurses who have completed a Master of Science in Nursing to expand your abilities to deliver advanced nursing care in a variety of settings. Continue your work and balance other responsibilities while you focus on new career goals with this flexible post-master’s Family Nurse Practitioner certificate from UCM.

Get flexible — and accredited — training at UCM to become a family nurse practitioner

UCM’s flexible learning environment for this post-master’s certificate for Family Nurse Practitioners allows you to take courses on a full- or part-time schedule and finish on your own timeline — even as quickly as one year.

What you will study

Build upon your nursing experience in UCM’s Post-Master’s Family Nurse Practitioner certificate program. You’ll learn advanced skills for diagnosing and treating conditions in primary and urgent care and gain insight into disease processes. Your coursework, led by actively practicing nurse practitioners, will include these foundational graduate courses:

Pharmacology: Explore your role in prescribing, administering and monitoring pharmaceuticals as therapy for patients.
Advanced Pathophysiology: Take a deeper dive into the diagnosis of diseases and illnesses in a primary care setting.
Advanced Health Appraisal: Expand your assessment skills as it relates to the health and wellness of people of all ages.

You’ll also take foundational courses in research and theory for advanced practice. Clinical didactic courses focus on providing care across the lifespan, helping you be well prepared for clinical rotations and, later, any practice area of your choosing.

What can you do with a post-master’s Family Nurse Practitioner certificate from UCM?

Your advanced skills gained during completion of UCM’s post-master’s Family Nurse Practitioner certificate, along with board certification, will qualify you for greater responsibilities and a higher level of autonomy. You’ll also achieve a greater appreciation of the value of relationships, not only in your collaborative work with doctors and other health care personnel but also with patients as you provide quality care throughout their lifetimes. With these assets, you become more marketable and increase your earning potential as you provide primary care in these settings:

Private practice or a doctor’s office
Urgent care centers
Community and convenient care clinics
Specialty practices such as in neurology or endocrinology
Skilled nursing facilities
Other health care facilities

When you achieve dual certification with the post-master’s Family Nurse Practitioner certificate, you further expand your value to both employers and patients.

UCM assistance for your career as a family nurse practitioner

As you choose the best environment for your career as a family nurse practitioner, UCM faculty also serve as career advisors, using their own experience to provide guidance.