Specialize Your Expertise with Online Post-Graduate Nursing Certificates
Whether you’re looking to advance in your current organization or switch paths into another area of specialization, Herzing’s online nursing certificate programs provide you a path forward to achieve your goals.
Expand Your Advance Practice Nursing Role
Choose from multiple options for specialization: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Nursing Education, Nursing Leadership and Administration, Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP), Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP), Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (PNP), Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) or Holistic Integrative Health (HIH).
Full-time and part-time options available
Clinical Placement Pledge where applicable
Doctoral-prepared teaching faculty with extensive practical experience
Master-prepared academic coaches to support student success
We Pledge Clinical Placement
At Herzing, students benefit from our step-by-step Clinical Guidance process—a comprehensive and proven support system that helps you secure a clinical site and preceptor, making sure you know what to do and when. You’ll also have access to our nationwide network of trusted healthcare partners, including hospitals, clinics, community health organizations, and specialty practices.
Our Promise
If, after completing all required steps, you are still unable to secure your placement, we will step in and secure it for you. 1
Choose Your Specialization
Herzing’s PMC programs are designed with flexible online scheduling to help busy professionals like you accommodate the demands of work, home and life.
Expand your skills—and your career options—by earning a post master’s FNP certificate that prepares you to provide primary care across the lifespan.
- Designed to expand the role of a nurse who holds an MSN
- CCNE-accredited*
- 33-credit program, finish in 16-20 months
- 100% online classes with onsite clinicals (585 clinical hours)
- Population-based curriculum
- Clinical Placement Pledge
Build on your master’s degree and prepare to be there when patients need you most—in emergency and acute care situations. Provide advanced nursing care to adults and older adults with complex conditions with our post master’s AGACNP certificate.
- Designed to expand the role of a nurse who holds an MSN
- CCNE-accredited*
- 33-credit program, finish in as few as 20 months
- Transfer up to 12 approved credit hours
- Six start dates per year
- Clinical Placement Pledge
Join a field of medical professionals dedicated to preventative care and developing long-term healthcare plans for patients throughout their adult life by earning a post master’s AGPCNP certificate.
- Designed to expand the role of a nurse who holds an MSN
- CCNE-accredited*
- 33-credit program with 540 clinical hours
- Finish in as few as 20 months
- Clinical Placement Pledge
- Transfer up to 12 approved credit hours
Expand your skills of practice to include mental health, behavioral health and psychiatric care by earning a post master’s PMHNP certificate in as little as 20 months.
- Designed to expand the role of a nurse who holds an MSN
- CCNE-accredited*
- 100% online coursework with 540 clinical hours across the lifespan
- Clinical Placement Pledge
- 180-hour, 16-week immersion experience to prepare you for your first job
Build advanced skills to provide care for the youngest patients, from birth to the adolescent years.
- Designed to expand the role of a nurse who holds an MSN
- 100% online coursework with full-time and part-time flexibility
- 33-credit program, finish in as little as 20 months
- Clinical Placement Pledge
- Prepare for the Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care (CPNP-PC) certification exam from the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB)
Prepare for holistic, evidence-based care of women from adolescence to the elder years.
- Designed to expand the role of a nurse who holds an MSN
- CCNE-accredited*
- 39-credit program with 630 clinical hours
- Finish in as few as 20 months
- Clinical Placement Pledge
- Prepare to sit for the WHNP-BC exam from the National Certification Corporation
Prepare for whole-person care with a certificate that blends leadership skills with evidence-based knowledge of nutrition, mind-body-spirit connection, trauma-informed care and more.
- Designed to expand the role of a nurse who holds an MSN
- 16-credit program
- Finish in as few as six months
- Graduates may be prepared to sit for the Nurse Coach (NC-BC) or the Wellness Nurse Coach (HWNC-BC) exams administered by the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC). Additional requirements may apply.
Prepare to pass your expertise to the next generation of nurses with a program that expands your clinical knowledge while building instructional skills.
- Designed to expand the role for a nurse who holds an MSN
- 16-credit program with online coursework, 135 clinical hours
- Flexible online classes to support busy schedules
- Transfer up to 12 approved credits
- Full-time and part-time options available
- Six start dates per year
Build on your clinical expertise with advanced coursework in management, leadership and the business of healthcare.
- Designed to expand the role of a nurse who holds an MSN
- 100% online coursework with full-time and part-time flexibility
- 16-credit program, finish in as little as 8 months
- Become eligible to apply for the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Nurse Executive Certification Examination or the American Organization of Nursing Leaders Practice Certification
Gain fundamental knowledge and skills in public health nursing advocacy and policy, health promotion and education, regulation and much more.
- Designed to expand the role for a nurse who holds an MSN
- 100% online classes with onsite clinicals (135 hours)
- 16-credit program
- Finish in as little as 8 months
- Six start dates per year
Committed to Quality
The post graduate APRN certificate program in nursing at Herzing University - Madison is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org). Herzing University is approved to offer programs in an online learning modality through association with the main campus in Madison, Wisconsin.