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Advanced Practice Nursing: Adult Primary Care

Degrees Offered/Clinical Experience:
  • Master of Science: 48 credits, 720 clinical hours
  • Post Master's Advanced Certificate: 15-33 credits, maximum 720 clinical hours
Program Highlights:
  • Innovative academic and clinical preparation in primary care of adult clients in diverse urban settings.
  • Focus on collaborative interprofessional care models essential for the delivery of primary care to diverse populations.
  • Direct contact with expert primary care faculty.
  • NYU Faculty Practice initiatives provide mentoring opportunities for students in faculty clinical practice sites implementing pioneering nurse practitioner roles.
  • Eligibility to sit for the ANCC or AANP Adult NP Certification Exam.
MS Curriculum Planning & Advisement Worksheet
Post-MS Curriculum Planning & Advisement Worksheet

Courses:
  • Post MS courses are identical to MS courses but exclude 15 credits of nursing core courses and other requirements which may have been fulfilled in previous Master's Program.
Click here for courses in the Masters/Post-Masters program.

Practicum Opportunities:
  • Select private practice offices or primary care practice sites supportive of the Adult Nurse Practitioner role.
  • Premier teaching hospital centers (e.g., Mt. Sinai Medical Center, NYU Medical Center, Maimonides Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center).
  • All placements are arranged by faculty.
  • Placement possibilities are available throughout the tri-state area.
Faculty:
  • Caroline Dorsen, MSN, FNP-BC, Program Coordinator
  • Kathy Gunkel, MS, ANP-BC, WHNP-BC
  • Jamesetta Newland, PhD, FNP-BC