Critical Care Nursing Certificate

Program: Certificate
Department of Nursing
College of Health and Human Services

Neff Hall B50 ~ 260-481-6816 ~ www.ipfw.edu/nursing

Career Steps

The Critical Care Nursing Certificate program is designed to provide advanced knowledge and skills in the specialty of critical nursing to registered nurses working in, or intending to work in, any acute care area of nursing; to licensed practical nurses with strong medical-surgical experience; and to student-nurses interested in learning about critical care nursing. Critical care nursing is a challenging and rewarding career. Credits earned for the Critical Care Nursing Certificate may be transferred into the Bachelor of Science with a major in nursing program at IPFW.

Admission Criteria

• Admission to the University
• Be a licensed R.N. or a student enrolled in second semester of medical/surgical nursing courses at IPFW/Parkview Department of Nursing may participate with permission of the program coordinator
• Complete Certificate Program application

The program coordinator is Becky Salmon, M.S., RNC, Associate Professor

To apply for the program on-line, fill out the Critical Nursing Program application form.

The primary objectives of this certificate are to provide: 

• advanced knowledge and skills in the specialty of critical-care nursing to registered nurses and student nurses about to enter the workforce
• skills and knowledge in critical care to meet the growing challenge of providing care to increasingly sick patients within the managed-healthcare environment
• marketability of graduates with critical-care skills

To earn the certificate, you must:

• fulfill the requirements of IPFW (see Part 7)
• be a licensed RN. (Students enrolled in second-year nursing courses in the IPFW nursing program may participate with permission of the certificate program coordinator.)
• complete the following courses with a C or better:

 Program Requirements