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.
The following information regarding this specialty track is accurate at the time of publication, but is subject to change.
Adult-Gerontology Primary 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 610 | ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE CLINICAL PRACTICUM I | 2 |
| NRSG 619 | ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE CLINICAL PRACTICUM II | 3 |
| NRSG 621 | ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE I | 2 |
| NRSG 623 | ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE CLINICAL PRACTICUM III | 3 |
| NRSG 625 | ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE II | 3 |
| NRSG 627 | ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE CLINICAL PRACTICUM IV | 4 |
| NRSG 629 | ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE III | 3 |
| NRSG 632 | ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE IV | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours | 48 | |
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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.