Post-Master's Certificate Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
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 post Master’s AGACNP certificate program prepares students for dynamic and evolving advanced practice nursing roles through rich, immersive experiences in a diverse, world-class environment. The post MSN AGACNP certificate program offers 2 tracks for MSN-prepared registered nurses who are looking to expand or change their role in the advance practice nursing field:
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 post MSN AGACNP program 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 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.
Courses needed to complete program requirements will be based on an individualized analysis for each student.
Transfer Credit and Gap Analysis: Students seeking transfer credit or who currently hold a different APRN certification should submit course syllabi to the Program Director to conduct a gap analysis to ensure all content is covered for certification exam without repetition of content from prior coursework.
Post-Master's Certificate Program Curriculum Overview
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Total Credit Hours: 23
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Accreditation
Admission Requirements
Admission requirements to be aligned with admission procedures for graduate programs.
Transfer Credit and Gap Analysis: Students seeking transfer credit or who currently hold a different APRN certification should submit course syllabi to the Program Director to conduct a gap analysis to ensure all content is covered for certification exam without repetition of content from prior coursework.