Post-Master's Certificate in Emergency/Trauma Nurse Practitioner
Certificate Level: Graduate
Admission Requirements: Master's degree
Certificate Type: Post-Master's
Number of Credits to Completion: 25.0
Instructional Delivery: Online
Calendar Type: Quarter
Expected Time to Completion: 9 months
Financial Aid Eligibility: Aid eligible*
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code: 51.3801
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 29-1141
*The current plan of study for this program would only allow for federal financial aid (including Federal Direct Student Loans) for terms that are at least a minimum of 4.5 credits for graduate courses and 6.0 credits for undergraduate courses. This is based on current regulations from the U.S. Department of Education.
About the Program
The Emergency/Trauma Nurse Practitioner online post-master's certificate program prepares family nurse practitioners either currently working in this setting or desire to work in the emergency care setting. This track within the Nurse Practitioner program in Drexel University's College of Nursing Health Professions will provide the education and procedural skills necessary to competently and confidently work as a nurse practitioner in this unique setting. This rigorous program prepares students to function as a competent nurse practitioner and leader in the emergency care setting, to perform the necessary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and to be eligible for board certification as an emergency nurse practitioner. The ENP program requires 15.0 credits depending on the credit given for previously completed nurse practitioner coursework and faculty-supervised hours. Upon successful completion of credits and 500 faculty-supervised clinical hours, program graduates can sit for the AANPCP Emergency Nurse Practitioner Board Certification Exam.
The nurse practitioner faculty is committed to quality and excellence. Students meet on campus for mandatory on-campus intensive (OCI) learning experiences, simulation and evaluation. Students will attend an in-person on-campus intensive in NURS 673 for two days during week one of the winter quarter. Dates are subject to change. Mandatory on-campus visits are essential to students transitioning into the NP role. During the OCIs, students engage in simulated clinical learning experiences conducted in the College of Nursing and Health Professions' state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary patient simulation lab. These visits provide guidance and mentoring from faculty as well as the opportunity to collaborate with peers.
*NURS 548, NURS 549, NURS 550 may be evaluated for transfer credit qualification on a case-by-case basis.
The program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
Program Requirements
| Support Courses | ||
| NUPR 520 | Nurse Practitioner Clinical Orientation Seminar | 0.0 |
| NURS 548 | Advanced Pathophysiology | 3.0 |
| NURS 549 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3.0 |
| NURS 550 | Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning | 4.0 |
| Concentration Courses | ||
| NURS 673 | Emergency/Trauma Care Across the Lifespan I | 5.0 |
| NURS 674 | Emergency/Trauma Care Across the Lifespan II | 5.0 |
| NURS 675 | Emergency/Trauma Caring for Trauma and Critically Ill Patient | 5.0 |
| Total Credits | 25.0 | |
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| NURS 548* | 3.0 | NURS 549* | 3.0 | NURS 550* | 4.0 | VACATION | 0.0 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| NUPR 520 | 0.0 | NURS 673 | 5.0 | NURS 674 | 5.0 | NURS 675 | 5.0 |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Total Credits 25 | |||||||
* Note: This term is less than the 4.5-credit minimum required (considered half-time status) of graduate programs to be considered financial aid eligible. As a result, aid will not be disbursed to students this term.
Additional Information
For more information about this program, contact:
Graduate Nursing Division
CNHPGraduateDivision@drexel.edu
Additional information is available on Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions Post-Master's Certificate in Emergency Nurse Practitioner webpage and on the Drexel University Online Post-Master's Certificate in Emergency Nurse Practitioner webpage.