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Nurse Practitioner, Women's Health, Post-Doctoral Certificate

Expand your scope of practice and advance your expertise in women’s health with a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Post-Doctoral Certificate from Seattle University.

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About this Program

Empowering Leaders in Women's Health

Seattle University’s Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) Post-Doctoral Certificate program prepares advanced practice nurses to deliver holistic, patient-centered primary and specialized care to women and individuals across the gender spectrum, from adolescence through the adult lifespan.

Our program emphasizes equity in health care, critical thinking and evidence-based practice—grounded in the Jesuit tradition of service and social justice. You’ll gain the advanced clinical and diagnostic skills to provide gynecological care, family planning, prenatal and postnatal care, and health promotion across diverse settings, including clinics, hospitals and community health organizations.

Whether your goal is to expand your current practice or move into a new specialty, Seattle University equips you to meet the growing demand for advanced practitioners in women’s health.

Certification

Graduates are eligible to sit for the Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner (WHNP-BC) certification exam through the National Certification Corporation (NCC).

Application Requirements and Instructions

Applications are accepted on a space-available basis. Contact us to learn more.

No Application Fee

We are committed to removing barriers to graduate education by waiving the application fee for all applicants.

Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Post-Doctoral Certificate at a Glance

Enhance your scope of practice by pursuing additional certification in women’s health.

The Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Post-Doctoral Certificate program prepares nurses who already hold a doctoral degree for certification as a WHNP. Individualized plans of study are created based on a gap analysis of each applicant’s prior education and experience.

View requirements for this program in the course catalog.

Post-Doctoral Certificate graduates will:

  1. Synthesize knowledge from nursing and other disciplines in the provision of evidence-based advanced practice nursing care.
  2. Demonstrate competence in an advanced nursing practice specialty.
  3. Demonstrate effective communication and interprofessional collaboration in the promotion of healthcare access, quality, and outcomes.
  4. Apply ethical decision-making in complex clinical situations.

What You’ll Learn

Learn about the classes you’ll take as a student here.

Where Ambition Meets Opportunity

#1

Nursing School in Washington

Seattle University’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences was ranked as the #1 Nursing School in Washington (College Factual, 2024).

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State-of-the-Art Clinical Performance Lab

Our 20,000-square-foot Clinical Performance Lab at Swedish Cherry Hill offers hands-on training with advanced simulation suites and realistic patient scenarios.

$145K

Average Annual Salary

WA nurse practitioners earn an average annual salary of $145,400, with the top 10% earning nearly $181,000 (BLS, 2024). Dual-certified NPs often command even higher salaries and broader opportunities.

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) CCNE Accredited

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing/Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post-graduate APRN certificate program at Seattle University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

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Oz Sener

Graduate Program Specialist