Program Overview

Advanced Certificate in Palliative Care

The Advanced Certificate in Palliative Care focuses on optimizing the quality of life in patients with advanced illness. Palliative care nurse practitioners assist patients and families to identify their goals of care and match treatment to meet these goals, while emphasizing physical, emotional, and spiritual symptom management. Palliative care is appropriate at any stage of illness and is optimally provided at the same time as disease treatment.

Program Details

The palliative care specialty can be added to any population nurse practitioner program. The scope of practice of the palliative care provider provides care to diverse patient populations of all ages, across all clinical settings, including:

• Acute care settings
• Primary care settings
• Long-term care settings
• Mental health care settings
• Community care settings

Academic Programs

The NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing offers various academic programs, including:

• Undergraduate (BS)
• Master's (MS)
• Advanced Certificate
• Doctoral
• Non-degree

Research and Innovation

The college is involved in various research and innovation initiatives, including:

• Biostatistics Core
• Collaboratives
• AREHNA
• Behavioral Health in Primary Care (BHPC) Series
• Behavioral Sciences Training in Drug Abuse Research
• Clinical Simulation Learning Center
• Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
• Instructional Technology
• Nursing Humanities
• Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders
• Occupational and Environmental Health Training Grant
• Oral Health Initiative
• Special Studies in Symptom Management

Global Initiatives

The college has global initiatives, including:

• Core Capabilities
• WHO Collaborating Center
• Global Education
• International Collaborators
• Lecture Series

Events and News

The college hosts various events and news, including:

• Events
• News

Academic Bulletin

The college publishes an academic bulletin that provides information on academic programs, policies, and procedures.

Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination

New York University is committed to maintaining an environment that encourages and fosters respect for individual values and appropriate conduct among all persons. In all University spacesphysical and digitalprogramming, activities, and events are carried out in accordance with applicable law as well as University policy, which includes but is not limited to its Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy.