School of Nursing

Kevin Davis (CNR SON’17) graduated with a DNP from Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia in December of 2024, and passed his CRNA certification in Feb of 2025. Dr. Davis is now working as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist at NY Presbyterian in White Plains.

Amrit Munir (Mercy SON’23) has been accepted to NYU for the DNP program and will begin in September 2025. She is currently a Registered Nurse at Montefiore Medical Center working in Neurology.

Interim Dean
Dr. Nan Hyland
Email: nhyland@mercy.edu

Senior Associate Dean/Chief Nursing Officer
Dr. Zainab Toteh Osakwe
Email: zosakwe1@mercy.edu

Assistant to the Dean                                                                                                      
Email: schoolofnursing@mercy.edu
Phone Number: 914-674-7865

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing and master's degree program in nursing at Mercy University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.

The post-graduate APRN certificate program at Mercy University is pursuing initial accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (https://www.ccneaccreditation.org). Applying for accreditation does not guarantee that accreditation will be granted.

Public Notice of CCNE Accreditation Visit and Invitation for Third Party Comments

Mercy University School of Nursing will host an accreditation visit by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) from September 21-23, 2026. During their visit, CCNE will conduct an on-site evaluation of the Post-Graduate APRN Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Advanced Certificate program. 

As part of the CCNE accreditation process, there is opportunity for program constituents and other interested parties to submit written comments concerning a program’s qualifications for accreditation.

In accordance with CCNE’s procedures, at least two months before the scheduled evaluation, the program must notify its constituents, including, at a minimum, faculty teaching in and students enrolled in the program under review, that an accreditation review is scheduled. 

Only author-identified (signed) comments will be accepted by CCNE. Written third-party comments will be received by CCNE until 21 days before the accreditation visit. All comments must be received by CCNE no later than August 31, 2026. 

CCNE shares third-party comments with members of the evaluation team but does not share the comments with the program during the review process. All third-party comments submitted to the CCNE must be written in English, consistent with CCNE’s policy on Conduct of Business in English. During its review of the program, the evaluation team considers third-party comments, if any, that relate to accreditation standards.

All comments must be directed to:

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
ATTN: Third-Party Comments
655 K Street NW
Suite 750
Washington, DC 20001

Or via email: 

thirdpartycomments@ccneaccreditation.org

Mercy School of Nursing has been invited as a founding nursing member of the Gold Partners Council at the Silver level.