Nursing Education (C.A.S.) - HEGIS Code 1203.12

The Nursing Education Certificate of Advanced Study prepares post graduate advanced practice nurses to educate nursing students and other healthcare professionals in a variety of settings. This program is offered in an online format with two teaching practicums.

Program Goals

1. Integrate contemporary nursing knowledge as well as knowledge from other disciplines within the advanced nursing practice specialty within a variety of settings.
2. Manage evidence-based person-centered care that is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, and developmentally appropriate within the advanced nursing practice specialties.
3. 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.
4. Synthesize and disseminate nursing science to inform and support transformative health care.
5. Develop and lead safety initiatives to enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
6. 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.
7. Lead initiatives to effectively use resources and provide cost-effective, safe, quality, and equitable care across diverse populations within complex systems.
8. Analyze and evaluate data to lead decision making and deliver safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services in accordance with best practices and professional and regulatory standards.
9. 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.
10. 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.

Policies Specific to Nursing

Nursing has additional policies that are unique to their program. Please visit the following link for the Nursing Program Handbooks: https://www.utica.edu/directory/nursing-department