College of Nursign & Health Innovation

Nursing Graduate Certificate Programs

  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Intervention Specialist - This innovative 15-credit online certificate program is designed specifically for pediatric and family nurse practitioners, as well as physicians and other interdisciplinary healthcare providers who desire to enhance their knowledge and skills in the assessment and management of common mental and behavioral health problems in children and adolescents. The certificate is predominantly an online distance education program with two immersion visits to the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus for orientation and intensive learning.
  • Child/Family Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - This 29 credit post-master’s certificate is designed for nurses seeking to become an advanced practice nurse as a child/family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. This certificate is predominantly an online distance education program with several immersion visits to the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus for orientation and intensive learning. Approximately one-third of the curriculum in each course is delivered in a traditional classroom setting, and two-thirds is completed in a Web-based format. Several different modalities are used to enhance the student's learning, including multimedia presentations and asynchronous discussion boards.
  • Clinical Research Management Graduate Certificate - This 15-credit online certificate program is designed to educate nurses, physicians and other healthcare professionals throughout the nation and internationally to work in the diversified and complex clinical research industry. This specialty takes a multidisciplinary approach in providing an education strong in clinical research business and financial practices; ethical and regulatory aspects of research; and overall management of clinical drug, biological, and medical device trials. The program is designed to be flexible and conducive to the adult learner. 
  • Community and Public Health Practice Graduate Certificate - This certificate program is directed toward students with a Bachelor of Science degree who currently work in community or public health or other relevant field, who want to solve public health problems and apply a breadth of knowledge and expertise in the community. It is open to both nursing and non-nursing students. The curriculum consists of an online program of study of 18 hours of course work that may be applied toward the Master of Science degree. Part-time study is available. For more information, please call (602) 496-0703.
  • Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Graduate Certificate - This certificate program is designed to prepare nurse clinicians, educators and other healthcare professionals as experts in evidence-based practice (EBP) and system-wide change agents for the advancement and sustainability of EBP. This 17 credit hour, 18 month program is user friendly and constructed in a distance learning, online format to facilitate involvement of the participants, no matter where they live. Admission is once per year and classes begin in January. Two on-site visits to ASU are required.  The initial visit is a 3-day orientation and the final visit is a 3-day immersion residency fellowship that culminates the program. In addition, there is an optional 4 day boot camp at the beginning of course work.
  • International Health for Health Professionals - This innovative and timely 16-credit hybrid graduate certificate program is designed to prepare healthcare personnel to meet the global health challenges of the 21st Century. Students will receive a comprehensive educational experience in the provision and promotion of holistic, culturally responsive care within and outside the U.S. Course content will include the provision of care within the context of natural (e.g., earthquakes) and human-made disasters (e.g., war), the spread of chronic and infectious diseases, economic and political issues, and other factors that pose substantial challenges to world health promotion and disease prevention. Course content is on-line, with 2-day visits to ASU Downtown Campus and a summer Capstone immersion. Two of the five weeks of the summer immersion will take place in the region/country of interest.
  • Nurse Education in Academic and Practice Settings Graduate Certificate - This innovative program, offered mostly online, is for nurses who have at least a bachelor's degree and who are interested in teaching in academic or practice settings. The 15-credit hour program includes courses covering curriculum development, teaching in the classroom or online, developing and evaluating educational programs in clinical and practice settings, and a teaching practicum. This certificate program addresses a state and national need for qualified nurse educators who are increasingly in short supply. For more information, call the Graduate Program Advisor at (602) 496-0703 or NEd Faculty Coordinator at (602) 496-0861.