Advanced Studies in Family Nurse Practitioner: Online Certificate

Career Outlook: Skills to Build an Autonomous Practice

The Certificate of Advanced Studies in Family Nurse Practitioner will enable you to accomplish your career goals in a variety of health care settings. The post-Master’s FNP Certificate will open the door to many advancement opportunities. With a median salary of $115,800, family nurse practitioner positions are also expected to grow by 26% over the next ten years, a rate that’s much faster than average¹.

Program Outcomes

You’ll complete this post-graduate FNP Nursing Certificate ready to:

• Integrate contemporary nursing knowledge as well as knowledge from other disciplines within the advanced nursing practice specialty within a variety of settings.
• Manage evidence-based person-centered care that is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, and developmentally appropriate within the advanced nursing practice specialties.
• Collaborate with communities, public health, government entities, and others to facilitate health equity from prevention to disease management and influence social justice for the improvement of population health outcomes.
• Synthesize and disseminate nursing science to inform and support transformative health care.
• Develop and lead safety initiatives to enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
• Lead interprofessional collaboration efforts across professions and with care team members, patients, families, and communities, to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and improve outcomes.
• Lead initiatives to effectively use resources and provide cost-effective, safe, quality, and equitable care across diverse populations within complex systems.
• Analyze and evaluate data to lead decision making and deliver safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards.
• Model a sustainable professional identity that includes accountability, integrity, perspective, collaborative disposition, respect for others, inclusivity, and ethical comportment that reflect characteristics and values of the advanced nursing practice specialty.
• Use self-reflection to mentor and lead activities that foster personal health, resilience, and well-being, contribute to lifelong learning, and support the development of nursing expertise and leadership qualities.

Admission Requirements:

To apply for admission, you must meet the following requirements:

• Completed application
• 3.0 minimum GPA
• Master’s degree in nursing from an accredited nursing program
• Résumé
• Unencumbered RN license in the state in which you reside
• 2,000 hours of work experience as a registered nurse in the United States, verified by an HR department
• Two letters of recommendation from a current nursing colleague or professional licensed as an RN, physician, or nurse practitioner
• Personal Statement (Writing sample)

Note: Approved background check and fingerprints required at the time of clinical courses.

Faculty

The nursing faculty at Utica University is dedicated to supporting you in preparation for the FNP certification. As nurses who have gone through the certification process and have practiced as Family Nurse Practitioners, you will receive a top-notch and practical education suited to help you achieve your personal and professional goals.

With decades of experience in nursing education, research, and practice, the graduate nursing faculty are led by program director Janice Ceccucci, DNP, FNP-BC, and FNP coordinator Elizabeth Spooner Dunn, M.S.

Janice Ceccucci, DNP, FNP-BC

Director of Graduate Nursing Programs (MS, FNP)

Janice Ceccucci, DNP, FNP-BC, Assistant Professor of Nursing in the School of Health Professions and Education, completed her bachelor of nursing and master’s degree as a family nurse practitioner from SUNY Polytechnic Institute in an accelerated program. She earned her doctor of nursing practice at Upstate Medical University.

Janice brings with her more than 15 years of experience in nursing and emergency medicine, including forensic nursing for victims of sexual assault. She has also practiced in primary care and tele-health services.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Advancing your life and career with an online degree comes with lots of questions, and we want to ensure your search for answers is effortless. If you have a question we haven’t covered, call (866) 295-3106 to speak with an enrollment counselor.

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