Post Master's Advanced Certificate
Programs
Nurse Practitioner
The Nurse Practitioner Post Master’s Program is
open to registered nurses with clinical master’s
degrees who wish to become nurse
practitioners and to certified nurse practitioners
with master’s degrees who wish to become
certified in an additional specialty area.
Graduates of this advanced certificate
program are skilled in assessment, diagnosis
and management of acute and chronic health
problems, and are prepared to deliver primary
care services in a variety of health settings to
the patient population of their choosing: child,
family, or family psychiatric mental health.
The program typically begins in the fall and
takes four semesters. NPs seeking certification
in an additional specialty area, who have taken
a pathophysiology course that is acceptable for
transfer, may be eligible to begin the program
in the spring. Nurse practitioners seeking
certification in a second specialty area, who
have appropriate academic and clinical
experience, may qualify to complete the
program in three semesters.
Graduates of the Nurse Practitioner Post
Master’s Program may apply for New York
State nurse practitioner credentialing through
the College of Nursing. Graduates also are
eligible to take the national American Nurses
Credentialing Center nurse practitioner
certificate exam.
Clinical Nurse Specialist
The Clinical Nurse Specialist post master’s program
is open to RNs with a master’s in nursing
who want to become a medical-surgical CNS.
The CNS offers expert clinical consultation
and education for complicated cases and can
design interventions to improve care and
outcomes.
The CNS works with patients, nurses or the
health care system and may focus his or her
specialty on: a certain population (e.g., adults);
type of problem (e.g., wound care); setting
(e.g., Emergency Department); type of care
(e.g., rehab); or disease (e.g., diabetes).
The CNS has advanced expertise in
these areas:
- Evidence-based assessment and treatment of illness
- Factors that affect quality of care
- Staff retention
- Cost containment
- Improved patient outcomes
The program begins in the fall and typically
takes four semesters.
Nursing Education
This two- to three-semester post master’s
program prepares nurses with master’s degrees
in nursing or related fields to be educators—
for patients, other nurses, nursing students and
the general public. Students who complete the
minor receive a certificate upon completion.
This nine-credit minor includes three courses:
Nurse as Educator (required of all bachelor’s
and master’s students), Curriculum and Program
Development, and Educational Evaluation.
In Educational Evaluation, students work with
a preceptor to gain experience in the role
of educator.
All courses for the Education Minor may
be completed in two semesters. A minimum of
6 credits must be taken at SUNY Upstate.
Previous College of Nursing graduates can
complete this post master’s certificate in one
semester.
Students may begin the program in fall or spring with NURS
565 followed by NURS 665 and NURS 655 in any sequence.
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