Overview
The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP) focuses on the diagnostic reasoning, assessment, and management of the acute, complex, and life-threatening health care issues of adolescents through the elderly both in hospital and in clinic. The AG-ACNP performs and interprets advanced diagnostic and therapeutic interventions to diagnose, stabilize, and treat acute and complex conditions. They recognize patients in acute and complex health care settings who manifest health problems or changes in their health status requiring evaluation and treatment by specialty providers.
Career opportunities could include working in acute care and hospital settings, trauma units, highly specialized clinics, and emergency care.
NP credentialing - Graduates are eligible to apply to take the Nurse Practitioner board certification exam in this specialty.
The following information regarding this specialty track is accurate at the time of publication but is subject to change.
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP Enrolled Beginning Fall 2024
| Number | Course Name | Credit Hrs |
| EPI 808 | Biostatistics and Epidemiology in Nursing Practice * | 4 |
| NRSG 600 | Foundations of Scholarly Writing * | 1 |
| NRSG 601 | Advanced-Level Nursing Roles * | 2 |
| NRSG 602 | Foundations of Quality, Safety, Informatics and Finance * | 4 |
| NRSG 603 | Foundations of Theories and Evidence-Based Practice * | 3 |
| NRSG 604 | Foundations of Population-Based Health Policy * | 3 |
| NRSG 605 | Advanced Pathophysiology * | 4 |
| NRSG 606 | Pharmacotherapeutics for the Advanced Practice Nurse * | 3 |
| NRSG 607 | Advanced Assessment & Clinical Reasoning Across the Life Span * | 3 |
| NRSG 608 | Transformational Leadership and Complex Systems * | 3 |
| NRSG 630 | Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Role: Diagnostics and Therapeutics | 3 |
| NRSG 631 | Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Comprehensive Assessment Clinical | 1 |
| NRSG 632 | Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Health Problems I | 3 |
| NRSG 633 | Adult-Gerontology Acute Care I Clinical | 3 |
| NRSG 634 | Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Health Problems II | 3 |
| NRSG 635 | Adult-Gerontology Acute Care II Clinical | 3 |
| NRSG 636 | Adult-Gerontology Acute Care III Clinical | 3 |
| TOTAL | 50 |
* Represents a core course for this specialty.
For programs of study prior to fall 2024, please visit the archived catalog for the academic year the student started in the program.