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On the front lines of healthcare delivery, nurses are experts in a variety of sub-specialties. As a nurse, you're able to focus on particular types of nursing to advance your career. If you already have a master's degree and would like to refine your practice to a specific patient population, an advanced certificate program at NYU Meyers is a terrific way to demonstrate that knowledge.
We offer Advanced Certificates in:
AC programs
Graduates of the NYU Meyers Advanced Certificate programs in nursing are educated and prepared to work in various advanced practice roles according to their specified population and degree/advanced certificate. Graduation from these programs provides eligibility to sit for national board certification in their respective populations (where applicable). Advanced practice roles include:
- Nurse practitioners (specialized by patient population to include pediatrics, adult-gerontology primary care, psychiatric-mental health across the lifespan, family, and adult-gerontology acute care)
- Nurse-midwifery
- functional roles to include nurse educator, nurse administrator, nurse informaticist, or clinical research nurse.
Students preparing for advanced practice roles may also specialize in areas such as substance use and abuse; palliative care (board eligibility for Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse [ACHPN]); and advanced practice holistic nursing (APHN).
Advanced Certificate program outcomes
The overall outcomes for the Advanced Certificate (AC) programs are:
- Demonstrate critical thinking and decision-making based on a synthesis of appropriate theories and evidence from nursing and other sciences as related to the roles of nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, and/or roles as educators, administrators, or informaticists.
- Perform role competencies defined by national professional organizations for nurse practitioners, or nurse-midwifery roles and/or roles as educator, administrator, or informaticist.
- Demonstrate evidence-informed decision-making related to a specific advanced practice role.
- Advocate for universal access to quality and cost-effective healthcare for all populations across the lifespan.
- Collaborate as members of interprofessional teams to achieve high-quality and cost-effective health outcomes.
- Demonstrate advanced professional practice role competencies related to educational, leadership, policy, organizational, and management outcomes.
- Demonstrate ethical decision-making in the context of personal and professional codes and guidelines.
- Articulate a personal and professional philosophy about the Advanced Practice Nursing role that reflects patient-centered care, respect for diversity, cultural values, and a commitment to the preservation of human rights based on professional standards of practice, scope of practice, and respective professional codes of ethics.
- Evaluate patient outcomes in relation to improving quality and patient safety.
- Demonstrate effective written, verbal, and technological communication skills that influence the achievement of professional and health-related client outcomes in organizational, legislative, and policy settings.
The Master’s, Advanced Certificate, and DNP Program Outcomes are reaffirmed or revised annually by the Graduate Workgroup. The 2019-2020 Masters and AC and DNP Program Outcomes were approved on 09/17/2019 by the combined Graduate (MS/AC/DNP) Workgroup.