Admission: Post-Graduate Certificate Programs

The Certificate Programs offered at Mount Carmel College of Nursing include these tracks with the following starting semesters:

• Post-Graduate Certificate: Accelerated Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - (currently on pause)

• Post-Graduate Certificate: Family Nurse Practitioner - starting Summer and Fall semesters

• Post-Graduate Certificate: Nursing Leadership - Clinical Operations - (currently on pause)

• Post-Graduate Certificate: Nursing Education - (currently on pause)

• Post-Graduate Certificate: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - starting summer and fall semesters

The Certificate Program Plan of Study is dependent on previous graduate coursework, and some courses may be waived. However, all students must successfully complete specialty track coursework and maintain a 3.0 GPA to earn a certificate in any program. Admission requirements are listed above.

Progression

Students in the Certificate tracks are expected to adhere to the College policies and procedures in the Graduate Catalog.

Completion

In order to qualify for a Certificate of Completion, candidates must complete all the following requirements. A student deficient in any area risks not receiving his/her certificate until the requirement is complete.

1. Complete all academic requirements.

2. Program completion within 2 years of the date of first enrollment for nursing administration and nursing education.

3. Program completion for nurse practitioner program within 1 year of the date of first enrollment

4. Complete all required coursework with a minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA.

5. Fulfill all financial obligations to Mount Carmel College of Nursing.

6. Complete the student exit survey and interview with the Dean of the Graduate Program.

7. Complete a Financial Aid Exit Interview sent from the Director of Financial Aid if the graduate student received Federal Stafford Loans.

8. Complete a Business Affairs Exit Interview with the Director of Business Affairs if the graduate student received an institutional loan from MCCN during the program of study.

9. Fulfill all financial and library obligations to Mount Carmel College of Nursing.

10. Analyzes ethical, legal, and social factors influencing policy and the interdependence and impact of policy on healthcare practice across disciplines.