What happened to the post masters certificates?

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Specializes in ER, HH, CTICU, corrections, cardiology, hospice.

I’m looking for a post masters certificate in family practice. UofP, nope, have to get another masters, AND I have to take 3 courses because I don’t have a BSN (Duke didn’t require it because I had a bachelors already.)

ASU sort of has a post masters, but not really. Theirs is tied into their DNP/FNP program, if they don’t fill the DNP, then they open it up to the PMC people, it never happens.

I just got off the phone with Grand Canyon University, they told me the best they could offer me is another masters.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

University of Pennsylvania

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Specializes in Home Health, Primary Care.

What is your current Master's degree in?

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Specializes in ER, HH, CTICU, corrections, cardiology, hospice.

Adult primary care.

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My school offers post masters options.

https://frontier.edu/post-graduate-certificate/

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Specializes in Home Health, Primary Care.

It's unusual to find that schools only want you to get another Master's. I experienced the opposite when looking into pursuing my NP education, with my existing MSN in Nursing Education. The school I got my MSN from said I needed to get a post Master's, which they did not offer. I decided to apply to the University of South Alabama. You can check them out:

https://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/con/postgradcert.html

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Specializes in FNP-C, NICU RN.

The University of South Alabama. I'm in the program now and have had a good experience so far.

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Specializes in CVICU, MICU, Burn ICU.

there are plenty out there. Keep looking -- with consensus model, I bet you will see more and more of these as APRNS will need them for their populations of interest.

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

See Post-Graduate APRN Certificate Programs - Penn Nursing

Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate | University of South Alabama --

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