Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care, Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care

The CNS, AGNP, AG-ACNP, PNP, PMHNP, and FNP Advanced Certificate Programs are designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills and abilities for advanced humanistic practice in primary and acute care. Educational experiences in the classroom, Nurse Practitioner Clinical College Learning Laboratories and the clinical practica prepare students in the assessment of physical and mental health conditions, diagnosis of illnesses and the performance of therapeutic and corrective measures within a specialization. The focus on advanced practice roles is to foster high levels of health through promotion, prevention and self-care.

These programs are part-time, and are held during both the day and evening sessions. They include 27 credits (30 for FNP, PMHNP, and AGACNP, 21 for CNS) and a minimum of 546 clinical hours for CNS, 580 clinical hours for AGNP, AG-ACNP, PNP and PMHNP areas and 715 clinical hours for the FNP concentration. Certified AGNP, PNP or Women’s Health Practitioners may seek advanced standing to the FNP or other NP programs. A minimum of six credits and 300 clinical hours are required to be taken at Molloy.

Each applicant will be evaluated and a program of study determined by the Associate Dean or Graduate Program Director and the coordinator of the relevant program. Certified Nurse Practitioners who choose to advance their practice by preparing in another Nurse Practitioner specialty area may seek advanced standing. Each applicant must meet admission criteria and provide documentation of master’s level academic work that meets Molloy standards and that applies to the defined program course work. Graduates are eligible for certification as a nurse practitioner in New York State, which grants prescriptive privileges. Graduates are also eligible to take the national certification examinations offered by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center (a subsidiary of American Nurses’ Association), the National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.