{"id":2429,"date":"2023-02-07T22:08:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T22:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/lp\/?page_id=2429"},"modified":"2026-01-28T22:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:42:22","slug":"msn-post-msn-distance-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/lp\/nursing\/msn-post-msn-distance-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-MSN Certificate Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\" id=\"slateform\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/lp\/051222-cgn-msne-ob_gyn-vr-lab-030.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/lp\/051222-cgn-msne-ob_gyn-vr-lab-030.jpg 1200w, \/media\/lp\/051222-cgn-msne-ob_gyn-vr-lab-030-300x200.jpg 300w, \/media\/lp\/051222-cgn-msne-ob_gyn-vr-lab-030-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/media\/lp\/051222-cgn-msne-ob_gyn-vr-lab-030-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Nursing students looking at monitor in simulation suite.\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container\">\n      <div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-2 gap-32 place-content-center\">\n        <div class=\"px-12 flex items-center\">\n          <div>\n                        <span class=\"t-h3 text-white\"><b>Advanced Nursing Education<\/b><\/span>\n                        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans text-white\">MSN and Post-Graduate Certificate Programs<\/h1>\n                        <span class=\"t-h3 text-white\">Distance-Based Programs<\/span>\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"px-12 mt-32 md:mt-0\">\n                    <div class=\"p-32 sm:p-40 md:px-0 md:py-80 bg-black\">\n            <div class=\"md:px-40 lg:px-80\">\n                          \t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--black\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-yellow\">Request More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-white\">Information<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-white\"><div class=\"slate-form\" div id=\"form_1bc1e85d-55be-4af2-88b4-97c9e35e786a\">Loading&#8230;<\/div><script async=\"async\" src=https:\/\/apply.westernu.edu\/register\/?id=1bc1e85d-55be-4af2-88b4-97c9e35e786a&amp;output=embed&amp;div=form_1bc1e85d-55be-4af2-88b4-97c9e35e786a>\/**\/<\/script><br \/>\r\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Let one of our graduate nursing programs be the catalyst to help you improve health and healthcare systems for individuals, populations and communities.<br \/>\n<strong>When you apply, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your application fee is waived<\/span><\/strong>.<\/h2>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-wrap md:flex-row-reverse md:items-center app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter pl-16\">\n        <div class=\"rounded-5 md:rounded-8 md:h-560 bg-red\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-256 md:h-560 object-cover rounded-5 md:rounded-8 transform -translate-y-10 -translate-x-8 md:-translate-y-18 md:-translate-x-16\" src=\"\/media\/lp\/051222-cgn-msne-ob_gyn-vr-lab-092-1.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/lp\/051222-cgn-msne-ob_gyn-vr-lab-092-1.jpg 1200w, \/media\/lp\/051222-cgn-msne-ob_gyn-vr-lab-092-1-300x200.jpg 300w, \/media\/lp\/051222-cgn-msne-ob_gyn-vr-lab-092-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/media\/lp\/051222-cgn-msne-ob_gyn-vr-lab-092-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"Two nursing students turning manikin in simulation rom\">\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 mt-32 md:mt-0 px-12 md:pr-40 lg:px-80\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"md:pb-40\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--default\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-red-light\">Master of Science<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-red\">in Nursing<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-black\">Take your nursing career to the next level by earning your Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certificate in two year. Our College of Graduate Nursing offers nationally recognized programs for working nurse professionals. Our hybrid online learning program delivers the knowledge and skills to prepare you for your FNP role. Our campus-based seminar intensives, on the WesternU California campus, and clinical experiences in a designated community will prepare you for practice within a variety of healthcare settings.<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <h2><span class=\"t-h2-serif block text-red-light\" style=\"font-size: 1.7rem;\">Post-Master&#8217;s Certificate Programs<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4>Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)<\/h4>\n<p>Our hybrid FNP program integrates online learning with intensive campus-based seminars and clinical experiences across a variety of healthcare and community practice settings.<\/p>\n<h4>Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)<\/h4>\n<p>The PMHNP program integrates online learning with intensive clinical simulation days and clinical experiences in your own community.<\/p>\n<h4>Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP)<\/h4>\n<p>Our ENP Certificate is designed for nationally certified Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP) who wish to work in the subspecialty areas of Urgent Care or Emergency Department settings.<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"relative md:flex md:justify-end\">\n        <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:absolute md:-top-32 md:left-0 w-full md:w-5\/12 lg:w-6\/12 h-240 sm:h-320 md:h-full object-cover rounded-t-5 md:rounded-8\" src=\"\/media\/lp\/images\/online-nursing.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/lp\/images\/online-nursing.jpg 1200w, \/media\/lp\/images\/online-nursing-300x146.jpg 300w, \/media\/lp\/images\/online-nursing-1024x497.jpg 1024w, \/media\/lp\/images\/online-nursing-768x372.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"Close up of laptop screen\">\n                  <\/div>\n        <div class=\"md:w-8\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter\">\n          <div class=\"p-32 sm:p-40 md:px-0 md:py-80 rounded-b-5 md:rounded-8 bg-red\">\n            <div class=\"md:ml-1\/8 lg:ml-1\/4 xl:ml-1\/7 md:px-40 lg:px-80\">\n                              \t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--red\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-yellow\">Post-MSN<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-white\">Certificates<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-white\">The College of Graduate Nursing at WesternU pioneered the delivery of a web-based family nurse practitioner program \u2013 the very first of its kind at the time of its inception in 1997. We offer stipends or loan forgiveness for some of the programs and the majority of the work is done online.<div \"wysiwyg-content\"><ul><li>Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)<\/li><li>Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)<\/li><li>Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP)<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section vue-app class=\"mt-48 md:mt-72 py-48 lg:py-72 bg-red text-white\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"sm:flex sm:flex-wrap md:justify-center px-12\">\n      <div class=\"w-full sm:w-6\/12 md:w-full lg:w-3\/12 md:mb-40 lg:mb-0 px-12\">\n                  \t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--red\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-yellow\">Points of Excellence<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-white\">College of Graduate Nursing<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n     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professional accomplishments.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n          <\/figure>\n        <\/div>\n              <div class=\"w-full sm:w-6\/12 md:w-4\/12 lg:w-3\/12 mt-56 md:mt-0 px-12 \">\n          <div class=\"relative w-full pt-aspect-square bg-red-dark\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/lp\/westernu-lifestyle_2023_marketing0121.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/lp\/westernu-lifestyle_2023_marketing0121.jpg 1200w, \/media\/lp\/westernu-lifestyle_2023_marketing0121-300x200.jpg 300w, \/media\/lp\/westernu-lifestyle_2023_marketing0121-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/media\/lp\/westernu-lifestyle_2023_marketing0121-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"woman, table\">\n                                  <\/div>\n          <figure class=\"md:pb-20\">\n                        <blockquote class=\"t-p2\">\n              <p><br>FLEXIBLE GRADUATE PROGRAMS<br>\r\nWe offer flexible programs that allow you to balance work and family commitments while earning your nursing degree, including part-time options.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n          <\/figure>\n        <\/div>\n              <div class=\"w-full sm:w-6\/12 md:w-4\/12 lg:w-3\/12 mt-56 md:mt-0 px-12 \">\n          <div class=\"relative w-full pt-aspect-square bg-red-dark\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/lp\/nursing_2023_marketing0016.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/lp\/nursing_2023_marketing0016.jpg 1200w, \/media\/lp\/nursing_2023_marketing0016-300x200.jpg 300w, \/media\/lp\/nursing_2023_marketing0016-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/media\/lp\/nursing_2023_marketing0016-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"medical students, mannequin\">\n                                  <\/div>\n          <figure class=\"md:pb-20\">\n                        <blockquote class=\"t-p2\">\n              <p><br>INCLUSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE<br>  WesternU has a long humanistic tradition of treating patients as people first, treating students as colleagues, and fostering camaraderie among students.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n          <\/figure>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n      \n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">CGN&#8217;s Philosophy for Nursing Leadership and Lifelong Learning.<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">We envision healthy people and a healthy society where CGN is an innovative catalyst, educating highly-valued nursing professionals who are recognized as forward thinkers, system partners, advocates, and LEADERS FOR LIFE.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  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