Post-Doctoral Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certificate

Upon completion of the certificate program, the student will demonstrate the ability to:

1. Knowledge for Nursing Practice Integrate nursing science with knowledge from biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, ethics, and organizational sciences as the basis for advanced practice nursing using new approaches to care delivery.
2. Systems-Based Practice, Quality and Safety Create and lead high quality and safe nursing care in a complex global health care environment.
3. Scholarship for Nursing Practice Create and disseminate knowledge in evidence-informed practice.
4. Information Systems and Healthcare Technologies Evaluate emerging technologies for their ability to improve health care outcomes.
5. Person-Centered Care Evaluate health policy and advocate for social justice and access to health care, especially for Hawai’ian and Pacific Islanders and other unique populations.
6. Interprofessional Partnerships Create collaborative interprofessional relationships to improve patient and population health outcomes with an emphasis on select populations including Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders.
7. Population Health Evaluate the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of population health in practice patters/systems.
8. Advanced Practice Nursing: Professionalism; Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development Independently assess, diagnose, treat, and manage culturally diverse populations.