Distance Education with On-Site Requirements
No longer accepting applications to this program. Program information on this page is applicable to currently enrolled students only.
Program Overview
The Post Masters Advanced Certificate Program offers the Masters or Doctorally prepared nurse the ability to continue graduate education to specialize in another clinical area. This Advanced Certificate Program reflects state and national requirements for certification, as well as national trends. This provides the student with eligibility to apply for New York State Certification as well as national certification in their specialty. The Post Masters Advanced Certificate Program clinical specialties include Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Midwifery, Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner. Program credit requirements may vary depending upon program and previous graduate course level work.
Graduate Program Outcomes
- Integrate scientific findings from nursing and related sciences to improve nursing care across diverse settings. (Essential I)
- Demonstrate leadership by collaborating and consulting with key stakeholders in the design, coordination and evaluation of patient care outcomes. (Essential II)
- Apply quality and safety principles within an organization to be an effective leader and change agent. (Essential III)
- Integrate theory, evidence, clinical judgment, research and interprofessional perspectives to improve practice and health outcomes for patient aggregates. (Essential IV)
- Ethically utilize data, information and appropriate technology to evaluate and achieve optimal health outcomes. (Essential V)
- Demonstrate political efficacy and competence to improve the quality of healthcare delivery and health outcomes of populations. (Essential VI)
- Integrate the concepts of interprofessional communication, collaboration and consultation to effectively manage and coordinate care across systems. (Essential VII)
- Synthesize ecological, global and social determinants of health to design and deliver culturally relevant clinical prevention interventions and strategies. (Essential VIII)
- Demonstrate behaviors of professional engagement and lifelong learning. (Essential IX)
Admission Requirements
- Completed application including current curriculum vitae/resume
- Master's or Doctoral degree from an accredited nursing program
- Unofficial transcripts from all college/universities attended
- Minimum of one year's recent relevant experience (preferred)
- Cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0
- Current professional Registered Nurse license
- Three online letters of recommendation
- Three credit undergraduate course in Health Assessment (by advisement)
- Three credit undergraduate course in Statistics (by advisement)
- Meet all Technical Standards for Admission and Retention
Additional Requirements Upon Admission
- NP Student Malpractice Insurance Required
- Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
- All newly admitted students will receive an email from the SON Required Documentation email address, shown below, with detailed instruction to utilize the required CastleBranch web-based software system. This system requires a one time fee and is where students will upload and manage required documents."son_required_documentation@stonybrook.edu"
- Technology Requirements
Transcripts from foreign institutions must be evaluated for transfer equivalency credits by an accredited evaluation service, such as the World Education Services (WES) http://www.wes.org
Graduates from this program will be eligible for certification and registration as a nurse practitioner by New York State Education Department and are also eligible for National Certification as a Women's Health Care NP.
The Stony Brook University School of Nursing reserves the right to change admission and program criteria to meet prevailing accreditation, regulatory and registration requirements.
Process for Clinical Experiences
The Office of Clinical Placements facilitates the processing of clinical placement requests and contracts for all clinical affiliations within the baccalaureate, master’s, advanced certificate, and DNP programs. The office works collaboratively with faculty to secure clinical placement sites for students. Once a suitable site is identified, students submit a clinical placement request form for processing. The office maintains electronic data systems and records related to students, clinical placement sites, clinical affiliation agreements, clinical contracts and preceptors. Central to the clinical placement process for all programs is the establishment of a clinical affiliation agreement and clinical contract which is executed between SUNY and the clinical site. Upon final execution of a clinical affiliation agreement, SUNY procures and provides the site with a certificate of insurance or related protection evidencing the required insurance coverage. The provisions of a clinical affiliation agreement and clinical contract include the responsibilities and mutual terms that are agreed upon during the life of the agreement.
Course Progression Policy
The credits needed to complete the Advanced Certificate Program reflect state and national requirements for certification, as well as national trends. The credits reflect the precepted clinical hours necessary to complete the Advanced Certificate program.
Graduates of Stony Brook's masters program will not be required to make up credits for courses already taken within the School of Nursing. A minimum of 20 credits is required for the certificate. Any student, however, may be required to take additional credits upon the recommendation of the faculty by advisement.
| Graduation Requirements | Credits |
|---|---|
Core |
|
| HNG 514 Advanced Theory & Clinical Practice in Perinatal/Women’s Health Nursing I | 4 |
| HNG 524 Advanced Theory & Clinical Practice in Perinatal/Women’s Health Nursing II | 4 |
| HNG 534 Advanced Theory & Clinical Practice in Perinatal/Women’s Health Nursing III | 5 |
| HNG 554 Advanced Theory & Clinical Practice in Perinatal/Women’s Health Nursing IV | 4 |
| HNG 501 Primary Care | 3 |
| 20 (minimum) | |
Graduation Requirements By Individual Advisement (Gap Analysis) |
|
| HNH 503 Organizational Leadership and Role Transformation | 3 |
| HNH 504 Quality Improvement, Safety, and Health Care Technologies | 3 |
| HNH 505 Health Care Policy and Advocacy | 2 |
| HNG 515 Advanced Health Assessment | 3 |
| HNG 540 Clinical Pharmacology | 3 |
| HNG 588 Clinical Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan | 3 |
Students are prepared to sit for the following national certification exam:
Womens Health Care Nurse Practitioner
(NCC: https://www.nccwebsite.org/)
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