1. Demonstrate essential knowledge needed to perform new and emerging population health nurse roles needed to improve health outcomes in primary, ambulatory, and community-based settings.
2. Utilize evidence based strategies consistent with national initiatives designed to ensure people centered care delivery, address social determinants of health, and support health equity.
3. Use new knowledge to implement Population Health Nurse role development into practice.
4. Participate in the National RN Population Health Nurse Active Learning Collaborative, designed to support graduates in the application of population health principles into practice.

• Registered Nurses hired into Population Health positions or charged with Population Health responsibilities 
• Registered Nurses responsible for chronic care and/or disease management across populations
• Registered Nurses new to population health or chronic care management roles
• Registered Nurses who are responsible for supervision, program development or leadership of nursing Population Health roles and programs
• Registered Nurses working in positions to advance populations across patient settings including primary care, community-based outpatient clinics, specialty clinics and services, acute (ED, discharge planning and transitional care), home health 

This continuing nursing professional development activity was approved by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). WNA CEAP Approval Number: WICEAP-0547.

Nursing contact hours must be completed by February 8, 2027. No certificates will be issued after this date.

Download the Continuing Education Approval Statement

Download the Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Completion of the learning activities, quizzes and Course Evaluation demonstrates successful completion of the National RN Population Health Nurse Certificate Program and is required for 20 CE hours and the Certificate of Completion to be awarded.

All materials are posted by topic. Topics are posted sequentially to build on each content area covered.

Each topic contains various learning activities, articles, and resources. When you complete the content in each topic, you will take a short quiz to help you self-assess your understanding of the content.

Following completion of the quiz, the next topic will be available for you to open and begin. Although we do not grade coursework, we do monitor and report progress and completion status. It is expected that as an adult learner you are self-motivated and will thoughtfully complete the course learning activities.

Participants who have completed the Program and downloaded their CE Award and Certificate of Completion will then be able to enroll in the Active Learning Collaborative through the link posted to their personal course page. 

“This course has increased my knowledge and confidence to implement population health strategies into my current role. It has also helped me think about how to implement and formalize a population health nurse position within our organization. I will use my new knowledge to improve collaboration amongst other organizations/individuals within my community to better understand and meet the needs of the community.” – Trisha M. RN, Clinical Care Coordinator, Rural Critical Access Healthcare System

“Though I’ve been working as a Transitional Care Coordinator for several years, I will soon be part of developing and implementing a Chronic Care Management Program. The knowledge and skills acquired in this course will certainly help me to build the foundation needed to begin this work.  I will use the resources and tools provided to identify appropriate patient populations, partner with primary care providers to achieve desired patient outcomes, assess trends in data, and advocate for vulnerable patients. I feel more confident in my ability to grow and pave a new path forward in this role.  Thank you!”  – Amy H. BSN RN, Rural Critical Access Hospital & Clinic

“I will use this new knowledge and skills daily in my population health nurse role. These tools help me with individual patient interactions, working with peers, communicating with providers and leaders, leading projects/initiatives, assessing and interpreting data, contributing to organizational and community plans and much more. I appreciate having resources for continuous growth and a supportive community of nurses. Even if our roles differ, there is an understanding of the goals we are working to accomplish.” – Janelle H. RN, Population Health Nurse, Rural Primary Care

“This course has made me think about how I need to partner differently with the community and learn about providing additional support for high risk/high ED users. I now have a better understanding of how social determinants of health impact health outcomes and how we need to explore this differently.” – Tina N. MS, RN, CEN, ACNS-BC, APNP, Clinical Nurse Specialist ED, Large Academic Health Center

“I am in charge of creating a new Population Health course within our nursing curriculum. This course has provided me with a foundation of knowledge on which to build the course.” – Sheryl S. DNP, RN, CNE, Associate Professor, Academic School of Nursing

“Love the real life scenarios and discussions. Very helpful in seeing the importance of the Population Health Nurse Role.  Completion of this program will help me to encourage organizations to adopt population health practices including support of Population Health Nurse role development. “– Cheryl D. MS, BSN, RN, AMB-BC, Rural Health Cooperative/Primary Care Manager