Post-Master's Certificate in Women's Health/Gender-Related Nurse Practitioner
Certificate Level: Graduate
Admission Requirements: Master's degree
Certificate Type: Post-Master's
Number of Credits to Completion: 37.0 credits; 640 clinical hours
Instructional Delivery: Online
Calendar Type: Quarter
Expected Time to Completion: 2 years
Financial Aid Eligibility: Aid eligible
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code: 51.3801
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 29-1171
About the Program
The online Women's Health/Gender-Related Nurse Practitioner program supplies nurses with the skills necessary to provide advanced care to women and their partners throughout the lifespan with a specialized emphasis on reproductive and gynecologic health needs. Graduates are also qualified to provide a myriad of gender-related services focusing on health promotion and disease prevention that range from well-woman care, prenatal and postpartum care, and common and complex women’s health issues in both primary settings and women's health specialty practices. Additionally, this track offers the opportunity for students to work in transdisciplinary simulated scenarios to promote a better understanding and respect of discipline-specific roles, improve existing communication and collaboration within disciplines and initiate teamwork development in order to promote patient safety and high-quality patient care.
This certificate is offered to those individuals who have earned a Master's degree in nursing (MSN) and seek further preparation to become a women's health/gender-related nurse practitioner (WH/GRNP). Graduates are eligible to sit for the NCC's Women's Health/Gender-Related Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination.
The nurse practitioner faculty is committed to quality and excellence in the nurse practitioner (NP) programs. 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 690 for five days during week one of the summer quarter. Students will attend a second in-person on-campus intensive in NURS 693 for two days during week three of the spring 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 direct guidance and mentoring from faculty as well as the opportunity to collaborate with peers.
Program Requirements
| Required Courses | ||
| 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 |
| NURS 664 | Professional Issues for Nurse Practitioners | 1.0 |
| Concentration Courses | ||
| NURS 680 | Primary Care for Women’s Health | 3.0 |
| NURS 682 | Pharmacology for the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner | 3.0 |
| NURS 690 | WHNP I: Mngmnt & Care of the Common Gyn and Gender Related Issues throughout the Lifespan | 5.0 |
| NURS 691 | WHNP II: Mngmnt & Care of the Complex Gyn and Gender Related Issues of Women throughout the Lifespan | 5.0 |
| NURS 692 | WHNP III: Management & Care of the Low Risk Obstetrical and Post Partum Needs of Women and Families | 5.0 |
| NURS 693 | WHNP IV: Mngmnt & Care of the High Risk Obstetrical and Post Partum Needs of Women and Families | 5.0 |
| Total Credits | 37.0 | |
The program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| NUPR 520 | Nurse Practitioner Clinical Orientation Seminar | 0.0 |
| NURS 548 | Advanced Pathophysiology | 3.0 |
| NURS 549 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3.0 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Winter | ||
| NURS 680 | Primary Care for Women’s Health | 0.0,3.0 |
| NURS 682 | Pharmacology for the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner | 3.0 |
| Credits | 3-6 | |
| Spring | ||
| NURS 550 | Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning | 0.0,4.0 |
| NURS 664 | Professional Issues for Nurse Practitioners | 1.0 |
| Credits | 1-5 | |
| Summer | ||
| NURS 690 | WHNP I: Mngmnt & Care of the Common Gyn and Gender Related Issues throughout the Lifespan | 0.0,5.0 |
| Credits | 0-5 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| NURS 691 | WHNP II: Mngmnt & Care of the Complex Gyn and Gender Related Issues of Women throughout the Lifespan | 0.0,5.0 |
| Credits | 0-5 | |
| Winter | ||
| NURS 692 | WHNP III: Management & Care of the Low Risk Obstetrical and Post Partum Needs of Women and Families | 0.0,5.0 |
| Credits | 0-5 | |
| Spring | ||
| NURS 693 | WHNP IV: Mngmnt & Care of the High Risk Obstetrical and Post Partum Needs of Women and Families | 0.0,5.0 |
| Credits | 0-5 | |
| Total Credits | 10-37 | |
Additional Information
For more information about this program, contact:
Graduate Nursing Division
CNHPGraduateDivision@drexel.edu
Additional information is also available on Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions Women's Health/Gender-Related Nurse Practitioner Post-Master's Certificate webpage and on the Drexel University Online Women's Health/Gender-Related Nurse Practitioner Post-Master's Certificate webpage.