Overview
The Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-PCNP) focuses on the diagnostic reasoning, assessment, and management of the primary health care of adolescents through the elderly. The AG-PCNP is prepared to provide preventive, chronic, and acute care. The main emphasis of the AG-PCNP role is on comprehensive and continuous care characterized by a long-term relationship with the patient. The role encompasses complex medical management, vulnerable population advocacy, and interprofessional team leadership to promote safe transitional care in and across settings.
Career opportunities includes college-based health clinics, comprehensive geriatric assessment centers, community-based care centers, palliative and hospice care, long-term care, and practice in specialty clinics.
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 Primary 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 640 | Adult-Gerontology Primary Care I | 3 |
| NRSG 641 | Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Clinical I | 2 |
| NRSG 642 | Adult-Gerontology Primary Care II | 3 |
| NRSG 643 | Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Clinical II | 2 |
| NRSG 644 | Adult-Gerontology Primary Care III | 4 |
| NRSG 645 | Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Clinical III | 2 |
| NRSG 646 | Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Clinical IV | 4 |
| TOTAL | 50 |
* Represents a core course for this specialty.
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP for Students Enrolled Before Fall 2024
** Graduate Statistics courses are not 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.