Academic Programs
Columbia University School of Nursing is a leader in graduate nursing education. Our reputation for excellence attracts highly-motivated students eager to apply the knowledge they acquire to improve the health and well-being of their patients.
At Columbia Nursing, learning begins in the classroom and clinical settings. Clinical placements make it possible for students to work and learn in some of New York City’s most challenging and rewarding health care settings.
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The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program is designed to prepare nurses to care for patients who are acutely and critically ill across the continuum of acute care services.
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The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program prepares nurses for independent practice with the knowledge, skills, and attributes necessary for comprehensive patient care across sites and over time.
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The Columbia Nursing PhD is a full-time, research-intensive program that prepares nurses for careers as nurse scientists who conduct research across a range of populations and health conditions.
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The Family Nurse Practitioner Program allows students to follow patients utilizing obstetric, pediatric, gynecologic, as well as adult and geriatric primary care diagnostic and management skills.
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Columbia Nursing's Masters Direct Entry (MDE) Program is for non-nurse graduates who hold a bachelor's degree and wish to become registered nurses (RNs).
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Learn more about Columbia Nursing's online Master's in Advanced Clinical Management and Leadership program here.
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The Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesia Program is designed for graduates with a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing looking to become nurse anesthetists.
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The Midwifery Program is designed to prepare nurse-midwives. The focus of the academic and clinical aspects of this program is the management process of pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn care.
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The Online Prerequisites for Entry to Nursing (OPEN) program allows non-nurses to take courses needed to apply to nursing school or other health professions that require science prerequisites.
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Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program is designed to prepare nurses who seek advanced knowledge and skill in order to deliver primary health care to infants, children, and adolescents.
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The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program is designed to prepare advanced practice nurses in the assessment and treatment of mentally ill patients over the lifespan.
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The Certificate of Professional Achievement in Transgender Non-Binary Health Care for Advance Practice Nurses and PAs aims to advance skills to provide quality care to trans NB people.
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This Clinical Aesthetics Injectables Certificate Program includes hands-on training in the administration of neurotoxins, dermal fillers, and more.
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This CPA in Palliative Care from Columbia Nursing will provide APRNs the specific knowledge and clinical skill to provide evidence based, competent and compassionate care to patients and families.
