Advanced Practice Palliative Care Certificate

Program URL: http://www.uic.edu/nursing/palliativecare

Campus: Chicago

Number of Required Campus Visits: 0

Program Type: Certificate

Award Conferred: Certificate

Total Number of Credit Hours: 9 Sem. Hr(s).

Admission Deadline: July 15th for fall and November 15th for spring

Description:
The Advanced Practice Palliative Care Nursing Campus Certificate is sponsored by the UIC College of Nursing and has been developed to educate nurses to better meet the needs of caring for patients who are seriously ill and dying and who require end-of-life and palliative care treatment. It is grounded in a holistic perspective that recognizes that the individual is part of a family, a community and a society.

Students will be especially versed in the science and practice of end-of-life and palliative care and in legal, ethical and socio-political issues related to our nation's top causes of morbidity and mortality (i.e., cancer, heart disease, stroke, congenital disorders, chronic childhood problems and neurologic and psychiatric conditions).

Admission Requirement(s): The following criteria must be met for admissions:



1. Baccalaureate or higher degree and a minimum overall GPA of 2.75 in the last 60 hours of the bachelor’s degree.

2. License to practice as a professional nurse in at least one political jurisdiction.

Program Cost(s):
Online Tuition and Fees: $6075

$675/credit hour

Program Contact(s):

College of Nursing
845 South Damen Avenue
Chicago, IL 60612-7350
Phone: (312) 355-2793
E-mail: con@uic.edu

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