Post Master's Advanced Certificate
Programs
Nurse Practitioner
The nurse practitioner program is open to registered nurses with clinical master's degrees who wish to become nurse practitioners and have clinical expertise in the population group of their choosing, and to currently certified nurse practitioners seeking certification 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 family or pediatric patient population.
The program begins in the fall and typically 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.
Fast Track Option
Nurse practitioners seeking certification in a second specialty, who
have appropriate academic and clinical experience as well as proven ability to work independentally, may qualify for our Fast-Track Option
and complete the program within 12 months. This is achieved through a combination of independent study and prescribed course work. In addition to meeting entrance and program requirements, each applicant qualifying for Fast-Track
Option must have completed a minimum of 1000 hours of clinical practice as a Nurse Practitioner. Pre-application
interview required.
Graduates may apply for New York State nurse practitioner credentialing and also are eligible to take the national certifying exams.
Clinical Nurse Specialist
The Clinical Nurse Specialist post master's program is open to registered nurses with a master’s in nursing who want to become a medical-surgical CNS.
The Clinical Nurse Specialists work as service line educators or leaders. They are a nurse’s nurse, a resource person available on the floor for consultations and for creating care plans. The CNS works with patients, nurses or the health care system and may focus his or her specialty on: a certain population (eg adults); type of problem (eg wound care); setting (eg Emergency Department); type of care (eg rehab); or disease (eg 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
Students in this program tailor their clinical work to reflect their clinical or teaching interests, but all follow a medical-surgical track. This program begins in the fall and typically takes four semesters.
Nursing Education
This three-semester 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. Often, nurses are expected to be educators, to translate medical information to patients and others, and to run patient education programs.
In this program, nurses learn the principles of teaching and learning. This program is appropriate for nurses interested in working as faculty members at nursing schools.
Students may begin the program in fall or spring with NURS
565 followed by NURS 665 and NURS 655 in any sequence.
Mental Health NP
We are planning a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner track (PMHNP) to begin Fall 2008. Please check back later for updates on this program or call College of Nursing at 315-464-4276 for more information.
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