Post Master's Certificate

York College offers a Post Masters Certificate in four areas:

  • Adult Nurse Practitioner
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist with Administration Focus
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist with Education Focus
  • Nurse Educator

Post Master’s Adult Nurse Practitioner Track

17 credits

Courses include:

NUR522/523 Diagnosis and Management of Clinical Problems, Adult I (180 hours clinical)
NUR524/525, Diagnosis and Management of Clinical Problems, Adult II (180 hours clinical)
NUR554/555, Adult Nurse Practitioner Seminar, Clinical III (240 hours clinical)

If the student has not taken the Advanced Assessment course in the York College Graduate Program, which includes 40 hours of clinical in assessment and differential diagnoses, arrangements will be made for the student to complete this clinical requirement for the ANP track.

Post Master’s Clinical Nurse Specialist Track – with Educator Focus

18 credits

Courses include:

NUR512/513, Theoretical Basis for Professional Role Development (56 hours clinical)
NUR550/551, Seminar I (168 hours clinical)
NUR552/553, Seminar II (168 hours clinical)
NUR530, Teaching Strategies in Nursing Education
NUR531, Curriculum Development in Nursing Education
NUR532, Measurement and Evaluation in Nursing Education

Post Master’s Clinical Nurse Specialist Track – with Administrative Focus

18 credits

Courses include:

NUR512/513, Theoretical Basis for Professional Role Development (56 hours clinical)
NUR550/551, Seminar I (168 hours clinical)
NUR552/553, Seminar II (168 hours clinical)
NUR565, Managed Care: Assessing and Managing the Health of a Population
NUR585, Health System Development

Post Master’s Nurse Educator Track

13 credits

Courses include:

NUR512/513, Theoretical Basis for Professional Role Development (56 hours clinical)
NUR530, Teaching Strategies in Nursing Education
NUR531, Curriculum Development in Nursing Education
NUR532, Measurement and Evaluation in Nursing Education

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