Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (AGACNPs) provide care for adult and geriatric patients experiencing acute, critical or complex chronic health conditions in diverse health care settings. The MSN AGACNP concentration prepares students for dynamic and evolving advanced practice nursing roles through rich, immersive experiences in a diverse, world-class environment. The AGACNP concentration offers 2 tracks for BSN prepared registered nurses interested in advancing their nursing careers to become MSN prepared nurse practitioners:
The intensivist track focuses on preparing students for intensivist roles in critical care. Students are immersed within interprofessional teams in critical care environments, telemedicine, emergency medicine, radiology, and endocrinology. Elective hours are also included to allow students the ability to tailor the program to their identified needs and interests.
The hospitalist track focuses on preparing students for nurse practitioner roles with hospitalist and specialty services. Like the intensivist track, students are immersed within interprofessional teams and environments including hospitalist services, telemedicine, emergency medicine, radiology, endocrinology, and other specialty services.
Graduates of the MSN AGACNP concentration will:
- Obtain health histories and perform physical exams;
- Order and interpret laboratory and imaging studies;
- Diagnose and design plans of care;
- Integrate invasive and noninvasive technologies, interventions, and procedures into plans of care, including the performance of invasive procedures;
- Collaborate and communicate with patients, families, and other members of multidisciplinary health care teams;
- Design and use innovative strategies that promote safe, cost-effective, equitable, patient-centered care; and
- Apply principles of quality improvement, ethics, and safety at both the individual and systems levels
This is a hybrid program, a blend of in-person and online learning. Students are required to travel to campus 1-2 times per term for advanced health assessment and for the ACNP specialty courses. Students will obtain a minimum of 750 hours of direct patient contact.
Nurses who successfully complete the program will be prepared to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) certification exams to become certified in the field.
MSN Program Curriculum Overview
Term 1
| NURS 6420 | Health Promotion Theory and Population Health | 3 |
| NURS 6523 | Foundations of Scholarly Writing and Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
Term 2
| NURS 6327 | Health Systems Policy | 3 |
| NURS 6500 | Leadership and Collaboration for Quality and Safety | 3 |
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Term 9
Total Credit Hours: 55
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