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.
The following information regarding this specialty track is accurate at the time of publication, but is subject to change.
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Various Graduate Statistics 1* | 3 | |
| NRSG 602 | NURSING SCHOLARSHIP * | 4 |
| NRSG 603 | LEADERSHIP IN NURSING * | 3 |
| NRSG 604 | HEALTH SYSTEMS INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT * | 3 |
| NRSG 605 | ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY * | 4 |
| NRSG 606 | APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES * | 3 |
| NRSG 607 | ADVANCED ASSESSMENT AND CLINICAL REASONING ACROSS THE LIFESPAN * | 3 |
| NRSG 608 | TRANSITION TO NURSE PRACTITIONER PRACTICE * | 1 |
| NRSG 609 | HEALTH PROMOTION FOR POPULATIONS * | 3 |
| NRSG 620 | ADULT GERONTOLOGY ACUTE CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER (NP) I | 3 |
| NRSG 622 | ACUTE CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER ROLE: DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS | 3 |
| NRSG 624 | ADULT-GERONTOLOGY ACUTE CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER (NP) II | 3 |
| NRSG 626 | ADULT-GERONTOLOGY ACUTE CARE HEALTH PROBLEMS I | 3 |
| NRSG 628 | ADULT-GERONTOLOGY ACUTE CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER (NP) III | 3 |
| NRSG 631 | ADULT-GERONTOLOGY ACUTE CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER (NP) COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT PRACTICUM | 3 |
| NRSG 635 | ADULT-GERONTOLOGY ACUTE CARE HEALTH PROBLEMS II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 48 | |
|
1Not offered by College of Nursing but available through University of Nebraska system, including UNMC (BIOS 806 - Biostatistics I), or at/through any accredited college/university. |
*Represents a core course for this specialty.
NP credentialing - Graduates are eligible to apply to take the Nurse Practitioner board certification exam in this specialty.