Prospective Students

Advanced Practice Forensic Nursing Certificate

About the Program

The Advanced Practice Forensic Nursing (APFN) Certificate was developed to educate and prepare advanced practice nurses to assist victims of all ages and help their families deal with the physical, psychological and legal implications of violent crimes in urban, rural and medically underserved areas. The program is highly individualized and clinically focused in order to give students the knowledge and skills necessary to provide hands-on, comprehensive, culturally appropriate, evidence-based and coordinated care to individuals, families and groups. The program also prepares students to educate individuals on violence prevention.

This online program consists of four courses (3 semester hours each), which can be completed in four semesters of part-time study. Applications are accepted for the fall semester only.

Program Costs
Because the APFN Certificate is a fully online program, students are assessed e-tuition. The current e-tuition rate (2009-2010) is $695 per credit hour. Students currently enrolled in a UIC graduate program are charged range tuition.

Announcements

IAFN Ohio Chapter conference
This conference will be held on November 13th. Click here for more information.

In the News
The UIC Advanced Practice Forensic Nursing Certificate program was featured in an article in the September 2008 edition of Nurses' Lounge-Chicago. Click here to see the article.

MinorityNurse.com recently published an interesting article on opportunities in forensic nursing. Click here to read the article.

Newsletters
Summer 2008 | Fall/Winter 2008 | Spring 2009

Brochure
Click here for the Advanced Practice Forensic Nursing (APFN) Certificate brochure.