The Conway School of Nursing's Post-Graduate Certificate options allow graduate-prepared nurses to complete additional coursework necessary to be eligible for certification exams.
 
The programs of study vary in length based on the candidate's background. Recipients receive a certificate from the Conway School of Nursing and transcript information will document completion of certificate requirements. Students in a Conway School of Nursing Post-Graduate Certificate option are bound by all the policies and regulations for students in the BSN to DNP, including those for admission, progression, graduation, and clinical practice.

 

Post-Graduate Certificate (APRN) Program Outcomes

Graduates of the Post-Graduate Certificate (PGC) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) program are expected to achieve the following outcomes upon completion:

 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice


Integrate scientific underpinnings into critical thinking and clinical reasoning, including knowledge from nursing and other disciplines, theology, philosophy and the other liberal arts and natural and social sciences, to make judgments and create innovations in advanced nursing practice/specialty levels for the common good.

2: Person-Centered Care


Implement, evaluate, and manage care that supports morally responsible, holistic, individualized, just, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based, developmentally appropriate, and inclusive care that is respectful of the dignity of the human person and consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church.

3: Population Health


Access population health databases to identify needs and implement collaborative activities that promote health, prevent disease, and manage risks, considering social determinants of health and advocating for the improvement of equitable health outcomes, across the levels of prevention through both traditional and non-traditional partnerships from diverse communities, public health, industry, academia, health care, local government entities, and others.

4: Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline 


Synthesize, translate, apply, and disseminate nursing knowledge to improve health and transform health care.

5: Quality and Safety


Implement initiatives to address clinical quality issues using improvement science and evidence to promote a culture of patient, provider, and work environment safety through both system effectiveness and individual performance.

6: Interprofessional Partnerships


Implements models of interprofessional teamwork and intentional collaboration with colleagues, patients, families, and communities that values participatory decision-making related to healthcare needs to optimize, enhance and improve health outcomes within advanced nursing specialty practice.

7: Systems-Based Practice


Develop and lead strategy implementation of cost-effective and efficient care within complex healthcare systems based on Catholic values to provide safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations.

8: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies


Navigate information and communication technologies to gather data, drive decision making, and provide care respecting the integrity, worth, and dignity of the human person while adhering to best practice and professional and regulatory standards.

Domain 9: Professionalism

Model a sustainable professional identity grounded in a Catholic worldview that respects the inherent dignity of all people (mind, body, and spirit) with honesty, integrity, accountability, a collaborative disposition, and ethical behavior reflective of nursing’s unique characteristics and values.

Domain 10: Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development

Model and mentor others in activities that demonstrate a commitment to lifelong personal well-being, intellectual curiosity, professional growth and development, resilience, and healthcare leadership and change influencer.