Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
The Post Master's Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) Certificate option is designed to meet the needs of the master's-prepared clinical nurse specialist who desires formal education and clinical training in acute care in order to become eligible for certification and advanced practice licensure as an acute care nurse practitioner. The Post Master's Certificate option encompasses selected courses in the existing curriculum of the ACNP track.
The plan of study includes all the clinically related courses currently taken by ACNP master's students. For purposes of student eligibility for certification, all ACNP required courses must be taken at the Yale School of Nursing or challenged by either examination or demonstration of similar course content in the student's previous master's program. Research courses are not included in this plan of study. A plan of study is available and can be obtained from the Student Affairs Office.
Required courses for all post master's acute care nurse practitioner students are: 554a, 607b, 609a, 610a, 612b, 802a/b, 807a, 817b, 819b, 895a, and 897b.
Adult Nurse Practitioner
The Post Master's Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP) Certificate option is designed to meet the needs of the master's-prepared clinical nurse specialist who desires formal education and clinical training in adult primary care in order to become eligible for certification and advanced practice licensure as an adult nurse practitioner. This Post Master's Certificate option encompasses selected courses in the existing curriculum of the Adult Nurse Practitioner track to educate post master's students for new roles in adult primary care.
The plan of study includes all the clinically related courses currently taken by ANP master's students. For purposes of student eligibility for certification, all required courses must be taken at the Yale School of Nursing or challenged by either examination or demonstration of similar course content in the student's previous master's program. Research courses are not included in this plan of study. A plan of study can be obtained from the Student Affairs Office.
Clinical courses are supervised by the ANP faculty; however, candidates must enter the program having independently arranged for clinical sites and preceptors.
Required courses for all post master's adult nurse practitioner students are: 550a, 554a, 556b, 557a/b, 559b, 641b, 754a/b, 756a/b, 757a/b, 895a, and 897b.
Gerontological Nurse Practitioner
The Post Master's Gerontological Nurse Practitioner (GNP) Certificate option is designed to meet the needs of the master's-prepared clinical nurse specialist who desires formal education and clinical training in primary gerontological care in order to become eligible for certification and advanced practice licensure as a gerontological nurse practitioner. This Post Master's Certificate option builds on the existing curriculum of the Gerontological Nurse Practitioner track.
The plan of study includes all the clinically related courses currently taken by GNP master's students. For purposes of student eligibility for certification, all GNP required courses must be taken at the Yale School of Nursing or challenged by either examination or demonstration of similar course content in the student's previous master's program. Research courses are not included in this plan of study. Plans of study are available and may be obtained from the Student Affairs Office or the Adult, Family, Gerontological, and Women's Health Primary Care specialty director.
Clinical courses are supervised by the GNP faculty; however, candidates must enter the program having independently arranged for clinical sites and preceptors.
Required courses for all post master's gerontological nurse practitioner students are: 550a, 554a, 555b, 557a/b, 560b, 723a, 757a/b, 760a/b, 853b, 895a, and 897a or b.
Oncology Nurse Practitioner
The Post Master's Oncology Nurse Practitioner (ONP) Certificate option is designed to meet the needs of the master's-prepared oncology clinical nurse specialist who desires formal education and clinical training in order to become eligible for certification and advanced practice licensure as an adult nurse practitioner. This Post Master's Certificate option builds on the existing Oncology Nurse Practitioner track curriculum.
The plan of study includes all the clinically related courses currently taken by the ONP master's students. For purposes of student eligibility for certification, all ONP required courses must be taken at the Yale School of Nursing or challenged by either examination or demonstration of similar course content in the student's previous master's program. If a student enters with a master's degree in a specialty other than oncology, the first-year oncology specialty course (615a/b) is also required. Research courses are not included in this plan of study. A plan of study may be obtained from the Student Affairs Office.
Required courses for all post master's oncology nurse practitioner students are: 554a, 556b, 557a/b, 610a, 803a/b, 804a/b, 805a, and 895a.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
The Post Master's Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) Certificate option is designed to meet the needs of the master's-prepared pediatric clinical nurse specialist desiring formal education and clinical training in pediatric primary care in order to become eligible for certification and advanced practice licensure as a pediatric nurse practitioner. This Post Master's Certificate option builds on the existing curriculum of the PNP specialty and assumes that the entering student has a master's degree in nursing and a specialty in some aspect of pediatric or parent-child nursing.
The plan of study includes all the required courses currently offered in the PNP specialty, except for the research courses and the scholarly inquiry praxis. For purposes of eligibility for certification all courses required in this curriculum must be taken, or challenged by either examination or demonstration of similar course content in the student's previous master's program. A plan of study may be obtained from the Student Affairs Office.
Required courses for all post master's pediatric nurse practitioner students are: 625b, 630a, 632, 633a, 634a, 635b, 637a, 639a, 640a or b, 641b, 717, 825a, 826a or b, 827a, 830a/b, 833a/b, 834a or b, and 849b.
Psychiatric-Mental Health
The Post Master's Psychiatric-Mental Health (PMH) Certificate option is designed for individuals who have a master's degree in nursing and have found a high rate of psychiatric problems in their practice that are difficult to assess and manage. Just as medical problems go unrecognized in psychiatric settings, psychiatric problems are also unrecognized in nonpsychiatric settings. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the general population is on the increase and constitutes a major public health problem. An estimated ten to twenty percent of primary health care clients suffer from a well-defined and chronic psychiatric disorder. Despite previous assumptions that these problems were self-limiting and benign, more recent studies show that a considerable proportion are chronic and associated with significant disability and increased utilization of costly health care services. Most people with treatable psychiatric conditions are underdiagnosed, undertreated, or entirely untreated.
Research courses are not included in this plan of study. A plan of study may be obtained from the Student Affairs Office or the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing specialty director.
Upon completion of the required courses in the option, graduates have the educational preparation necessary for certification in advanced psychiatric-mental health nursing by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center.
Required courses for all post master's psychiatric-mental health certificate students are: 554a or 630a, 656a, 657a, 659a/b, 661b, 850a/b or b/c, 851b, 855b, 859b, 865a, and 871b.
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