Nursing, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, MSN

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Curriculum

The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) Program prepares advanced practice nurses to be providers of care to young adults (including late adolescents), adults, and older adults (including frail older adults) with acute, critical, and complex chronic illnesses. The AGACNP manages patients who are physiologically unstable, dependent on technology, vulnerable to complications, and require ongoing monitoring and intervention. Diagnostic reasoning, decision making, clinical management, inter-professional practice, and leadership skills are fostered.

Curriculum

Core Courses (27 credits)

NURS 601 - Advanced Pathophysiology 3 Credit(s)
NURS 608 - Advanced Health Assessment 3 Credit(s)
NURS 634 - Nursing Leadership for Advanced Practice 3 Credit(s)
NURS 639 - Advanced Pharmacology 3 Credit(s)
NURS 684 - Using Research for Evidence-Based Practice 3 Credit(s)
NURS 690 - Population Health and Epidemiology 3 Credit(s)
NURS 694 - Health Care Finance 3 Credit(s)
NURS 708 - Health Care Policy 3 Credit(s)
NURS 736 - Informatics 3 Credit(s)

Specialty Courses (18 credits)

NURS 605 - Clinical Decision Making and Diagnostic Reasoning Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner/Practicum I 6 Credit(s) (250 clinical hours)
NURS 606 - Clinical Decision Making and Diagnostic Reasoning Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner/Practicum II 6 Credit(s) (250 clinical hours)
NURS 607 - Clinical Decision Making and Diagnostic Reasoning Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner/Practicum III 6 Credit(s) (250 clinical hours)

Total Credits: 45

This 45-credit program is available at the Harrisburg and Main Campuses. A minimum of 750 hours of faculty-supervised clinical practice is required. Graduates are eligible to sit for the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) credentialing examinations.

The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.