Post-Graduate Completion Program Outcome
The Post-Graduate Completion Program is designed to provide an opportunity for the student to become a leader. The graduate makes significant contributions to the improvement of health care and influences health care policy through advanced clinical practice and research in order to meet the current needs of society.
Education at the post-graduate level prepares graduates to assume leadership roles in clinical practice, nursing administration and nursing education. Advanced nursing practice graduates are prepared for entry into doctoral education.
Upon completion of Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston’s post -graduate program, learners should be able to:
Post Graduate Program (Nursing Leadership, Education, Emergency NP)
- Program Outcome 1. Knowledge and Scholarship. Uses evidence-based practice in the delivery of nursing care through integration of theories, models, and nursing scholarship to improve health and transform health care.
- Program Outcome 2. Health Care Delivery. Integrate person-centered nursing care in advanced nursing roles to meet health care needs for individuals, families, populations, and communities in diverse settings with coordination of resources across the healthcare delivery continuum.
- Program Outcome 3. Quality, Safety, and Technology. Integrate quality and safety science and healthcare technology to manage and improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services.
- Program Outcome 4. Interprofessional Practice. Utilize team communication and multidisciplinary collaboration skills to promote, improve, or maintain optimum health for patients, families, communities, and populations.
- Program Outcome 5. Professionalism and Leadership. Utilize professional and leadership values and skills to support ongoing personal and professional development.
Post Graduate Program (All Other Nurse Practitioner Tracks)
- Program Outcome 1. Knowledge and Scholarship. Uses evidence-based practice in the delivery of nursing care through integration of theories, models, and nursing scholarship to improve health and transform health care.
- Program Outcome 2. Health Care Delivery. Integrate person-centered nursing care in advanced nursing roles to meet health care needs for individuals, families, populations, and communities in diverse settings with coordination of resources across the healthcare delivery continuum.
- Program Outcome 3. Quality, Safety, and Technology. Integrate quality and safety science and healthcare technology to manage and improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services.
- Program Outcome 4. Interprofessional Practice. Utilize team communication and multidisciplinary collaboration skills to promote, improve, or maintain optimum health for patients, families, communities, and populations.
- Program Outcome 5. Professionalism and Leadership. Utilize professional and leadership values and skills to support ongoing personal and professional development.
The non-degree Post-Graduate Completion Programs of study combine online courses with face-to-face courses and clinical experiences offering flexibility to students. The curriculum varies per track. Students have the following areas from which to choose:
- Post-Graduate Completion: Emergency/Trauma
- Post-Graduate Completion: Nursing Education
- Post-Graduate Completion: Nursing Leadership and Administration
Post-Graduate Completion Program:
Non-Degree Post-Graduate Completion Nurse Practitioner Curriculum
Students enrolled for a Post-Graduate Nurse Practitioner completion program must meet the following requirements. Students may meet these requirements by either taking the courses, achieving course objectives using validation procedure, or through equivalency credit (for courses from another university). Equivalency credit is not granted for clinical courses and preceptorships.
All students must complete the following Advanced Practice Core courses or have written approval and verification of having taken them:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| NURS 7307 | Advanced Health Assessment & Differential Diagnosis | 3 |
| NURS 7305 | Professional APRN Practice | 3 |
| NURS 6804W | Advanced Pathophysiology for DNP | 3 |
| NURS 5529W | Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
Post-Graduate Completion Nurse Practitioner - Required Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Practice Core Course | ||
| NURS 7307 | Advanced Health Assessment & Differential Diagnosis | 3 |
| NURS 7305 | Professional APRN Practice | 3 |
| NURS 6804W | Advanced Pathophysiology for DNP | 3 |
| NURS 6901W | Advanced Pharmacology for DNP | 3 |
| Clinical Courses | ||
| NXXXX (Didactic & Clinical/preceptorship courses specific to track) | 15-17 | |
| Total Hours | 27-29 | |
Students with an MS or MSN in population but with a different advanced practice role (i.e., CNS to NP) must take:
Advanced Practice Core Courses (or have equivalency credit) Clinical Sequence including clinical clock hours.
Students with an MS or MSN in another specialty and a different role must take:
Advanced Practice Core Courses (or have equivalency credit) Clinical Sequence including clinical clock hours.
Students with an MS or MSN in another population but in the NP role (i.e. FNP to PMHNP) must take:
Advanced Practice Core Courses (or have equivalency credit) Appropriate Clinical Hours – based on gap analysis of prior faculty-supervised academic clinical experiences and those needed to develop competencies in the new population-focused areas of practice – hours vary by track requirements.
Academic Requirements for Progression
To be eligible for completion with a Post-Graduate Completion Program, a student must:
- have a minimum cumulative 3.0 grade point average;
- successfully complete the prescribed curriculum for which they are registered and must meet all other requirements of the Cizik School of Nursing;
- submit official transcripts of any courses taken outside the Cizik School of Nursing to the UTHealth Houston Office of the Registrar;
- Complete the graduate curriculum within five years from admission for MSN students or three years for post-graduate students or have been granted an extension by the Master’s Council.
- apply to graduation in MyUTH prior to the established deadline each term;
- pay the required graduation fee of $150;
- complete the clearance packet and clear through all designated offices; and
- be enrolled during the term of graduation program completion.
See policy G5440 Eligibility for Graduation/Completion for more information.