CCNE Continuous Improvement Progress Report (2018 Standards ), Standard III
curriculum and within the expected student outcomes (individual and aggregate). Post-graduate APRN certificate programs that prepare nurse practitioners incorporate Criteria for Evaluation of Nurse Practitioner Programs (NTF, 2016).
This key element is not applicable if the post-graduate APRN certificate program is not under review for accreditation.
Elaboration: The post-graduate APRN certificate program incorporates professional nursing standards and guidelines relevant to that program and each track offered. The program clearly demonstrates where and how content, knowledge, and skills required by identified sets of standards are incorporated into the curricula. APRN education programs (i.e., clinical nurse specialist, nurse anesthesia, nurse midwife, and nurse practitioner) incorporate separate comprehensive graduate-level courses to address the APRN core, defined as follows: • Advanced physiology/pathophysiology, including general principles that apply across the lifespan; • Advanced health assessment, which includes assessment of all human systems, advanced assessment techniques, concepts and approaches; and • Advanced pharmacology, which includes pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacotherapeutics of all broad categories of agents.
Additional APRN core content specific to the role and population is integrated throughout the other role and population-focused didactic and clinical courses.
Separate courses in advanced physiology/pathophysiology, advanced health assessment, and advanced pharmacology are not required for certificate students who have already completed such courses, unless the program deems this necessary.
For the following section, refer to the nursing standards and guidelines previously identified in Key Element I-B.
III-E 1. Is the post-graduate APRN certificate program under review for this CIPR?
Yes No
Note : If “no” was selected above, please proceed to Key Element III-F.
III-E 2. Affirm that post-graduate APRN certificate curricula are developed, implemented, and revised to reflect relevant professional nursing standards and guidelines.
Yes No
In the space below, provide examples of how the nursing standards and guidelines have been integrated into the curriculum. Appendices may be attached as necessary.
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Affirm that post-graduate APRN certificate program:
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