Post MN Nurse Practitioner
Graduates of the Master of Nursing program at the University of Alberta (or its equivalent) may apply for admission to post-master's studies to complete courses required to qualify for rostering with College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) or other Canadian provincial nursing regulator as a nurse practitioner (Neonate, Family All Ages and Adult/Older Adult streams).
The application deadline is January 15 for a September start date of the same calendar year.
Post-master of nursing applicants who desire to become eligible for entry-to-practice as a nurse practitioner require 4,500 clinical hours of registered nursing practice appropriate to the program category (i.e., Adult RNs who have worked with adult populations, Neonatal RNs who have worked in at least level III or higher NICU environments, or Family/All Ages RNs who have worked with adults and children across some diversity of settings) by the January 15 application deadline.
Students will be tested on physical assessment skills at the beginning of NURS 516/518 and advice will be offered for additional preparation if needed.
If admitted, students are expected to take clinical courses in sequence and without interruption.
Post-master’s NP courses are completed on a part-time basis over a 20-month period. Clinical courses require 800 clinical hours, including a consolidated practicum of 400 hours during the final semester. It may be difficult to maintain employment hours due to the workload of seminar and clinical commitments. Throughout the program, students must realistically appraise their ability to continue employment hours alongside the time commitment required for their studies.
The following courses are required to complete the Post MN:
Term I (Fall)
- NURS 509 (FAA and Adult) or 520 (Neonate) Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
- Campus or online seminars
Term II (Winter)
- NURS 507 (FAA and Adult) or 522 (Neonate) Advanced Pathophysiology
- Campus or online seminars
Term III (Spring)
- NURS 516 (FAA and Adult) or 518 (Neonate) Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning
- Weekly seminar/lab campus or online plus 100 hours with a clinical preceptor. There is a consolidated lab requiring one week of on campus attendance at the beginning of the course for lab/simulation skill building.
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Term IV (Summer)
- NURS 530 Advanced Clinical Care I
- Two online modules plus 100 hours with a clinical preceptor
Term V (Fall)
- NURS 531 Advanced Clinical Care II
- Two online modules plus 100 hours with a clinical preceptor
- NURS 532 Advanced Clinical Care III
- Two online modules plus 100 hours with a clinical preceptor
Term VI (Winter)
- NURS 533 Consolidated Practicum I
- 200 hours clinical practice with a preceptor
- NURS 534 Consolidated Practicum II
- 200 hours clinical practice with a preceptor
Post-Master of Nursing applicants must submit the following:
- A completed graduate online application form requesting admission as a Special Graduate Student. Note: Special Graduate Students must apply to the department that offers the course(s) and be admitted each year in which they wish to register. Admission is valid for one calendar year from the student's start date. Please note that Post MN students are required to submit a second application and pay the application fee for terms V & VI.
- Post MN Applicant Background Information Document: form is found in the Admissions section of the Faculty of Nursing’s Forms and Guidelines page.
- Two letters of reference attesting to the applicant's clinical practice in the specific ANP area of interest. One clinical and one academic reference is preferred. Letters must be written in English.
The Special Graduate Student application does not support references to be submitted directly to the application; please ask your referees to send the following pdf documents to gradnurs@ualberta.ca by the application deadline:- Completed Reference Letter form (https://www.ualberta.ca/graduate-studies/media-library/forms-cabinet/admissions/reference-letter.pdf)
- A signed letter on official institution or company letterhead
- Transcripts from each post-secondary institution attended uploaded to application as per the Document Preparation.
