Online Nursing Certificate Programs & Courses
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Drexel University Online offers online nursing certificate programs, as well as certificates in other areas of the healthcare industry. All online nursing courses offered through the College of Nursing and Health Professions are fully accredited by the National League for Nursing (NLN), and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the highest accrediting bodies in the industry.
Drexel’s online nursing classes are designed for nurses who are interested in becoming certified in a specific field of the nursing industry. According to the Nursing2006 Salary Survey, among all nurses surveyed, those who reported being certified in a specialty made $9,200 more annually than nurses who weren't certified. Learn more about our online nursing certificate programs below.
Online Nursing Certificate Programs & Courses Offered at Drexel:
Undergraduate Nursing/Healthcare Certificates Online:
Certificate in Medical Billing and Coding*New Program for Fall 2007*
Online certificate designed to prepare medical billing and coding professionals or those interested in the field for the appropriate certification exams. Courses will focus on medical billing, physician-based medical coding and hospital-based medical coding.
Graduate Nursing Certificate Programs & Courses Online:
Certificate in Complementary and Integrative Therapies*New Program for Fall 2007*
Educates students on how complementary and integrative therapies work and how they interact with medical mainstream interventions.
Post-Bachelor's Certificate in Innovation and Intra/Entrepreneurship in Advanced Nursing Practice
This program provides a four-course grouping of classes. The nursing courses focus on re-inventing and promoting innovative nursing practice in a variety of roles, as clinician, educator, administrator, clinical scientist or in the business environment of healthcare.
Post-Bachelor's Certificate in Contemporary Nursing Faculty
Offers a thorough overview of nursing education topics enabling nurses to assume educator roles .
Post-Bachelor's Certificate in Leadership in Health Systems Management
Builds a solid foundation in essential administration skills for those who wish to advance into management positions .
Post-Bachelor's Certificate in Clinical Trials Research
Provides essential knowledge and skills to enter or advance in the clinical trials career track .
Certificate in Healthcare Informatics
Explore the role of information technology in the healthcare industry.
Post-Graduate Nursing Certificate Programs & Courses Online:
Post-Master's Certificate Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Available to nurses who are already MSN prepared nurse practitioners and wish to retool in an area that prepares for professional practice in the management of medical, surgical, and critical care patient populations .
Post-Master's Certificate Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Available to nurses who are already MSN prepared nurse practitioners and wish to retool in an area that focuses on the role of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner as a specialty area .
Post-Master's Certificate in Contemporary Nursing Faculty
Available to individuals that hold an MSN degree and would like a program that prepares nurses with the skills to work as nurse educators, nursing faculty, or nursing professors in all types of nursing programs .
Post-Master's Certificate in Innovation and Intra/Entrepreneurship in Advanced Nursing Practice
Available to individuals that hold an MSN degree. Certificate courses provide education on how to re-invent and innovate nursing practice.
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More information on Drexel Nursing Degrees & Nursing Courses:
Online Bachelor's Degrees in Nursing
Online Master’s Degrees in Nursing
