Advance your career as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

The admissions deadline is April 1 Fall semesters, October 1 for Spring semesters.


***Applicants must have a minimum of 2 years of experience in a high acuity ER or ICU setting.

 

Adult  Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

General Core Courses

Credit Hours

NURS 605

Foundations for Advanced Practice

3

NURS 613

Intro Health Care Policy & Systems

3

NURS 608          

Economic & Info Management in Complex Health Care Systems

3

NURS 607

Research & Evidence Bases Practice

3

NURS 652

Statistics

3

NURS 611

Nursing Pharmacology

3

NURS 655

Pathophysiology: Clinical Decision Making

3

NURS 656

Advanced Clinical Assessment

3

 

Concentration Area Courses

Credit Hours

NURS 674

Adult Acute Care NP I

4

NURS 675

Adult Acute Care NP Clinical I

3

NURS 676

Adult Acute Care NP II

4

NURS 677

Adult Acute Care NP Clinical II

3

NURS 657

Clinical Prevention & Populations

3

NURS 667

Geriatric Pharm

1

NURS 604

Transition to Practice

2

 

 

Total Credit Hours

*44

 

Total Clinical Hours Required:  672   

*Additional gerontology content will be required by certifying body as of 2015. Subject to change.