School of Nursing

AGACNP

Curriculum

*Note: DNP Core Courses are held on Monday through Saturday a minimum of six (6) times during a semester. Students' practicum experiences may occur weekdays, weekends, including evening and night shifts.

Full-Time Curriculum Plan for BSN to DNP
Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration

(89 Total Semester Credits)*

BSN ENTRY LEVEL DNP - AGACNP: FULL TIME (89 credits)
First Year - Summer (10 Credits) First Year - Fall (13 Credits) First Year - Spring (12 Credits)
NURS 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4)
NURS 7105 Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (3)
NURS 7707 Family, Genetics and Health Promotion (3)
BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4)
HLSC 6409 Advanced Pharmacology (3)
HLSC 6410 Advanced Pathophysiology (3)
NURS 7203 Research Design and Methodology (3)
NURS 6315 Advanced Health Assessment (4) [3 didactic, 1 lab]
NURS 7909 Advanced Practice Nursing Acute Care Pharmacotherapeutics (2)
NURS 7101 Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing (3)
NURS 7706

Acute Care Therapeutic and Diagnostic Procedures (3) [2 didactic, 1 lab]

 
Second Year - Summer (10 Credits) Second Year - Fall (15 Credits) Second Year - Spring (9 Credits)
NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3)
NURS 7310

Adult/Gerontology ACNP I: System Mgmt (7) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 3 practicum]

NURS 7109 Health Outcomes: Information Systems, Measurement, Analysis and Management (3)
NURS 7312

Adult/Gerontology ACNP II: System Mgmt (8) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 4 practicum]
NURS 7481 Evidence-Based Practice (4)

NURS 7314

Adult/Gerontology ACNP III: Critical Illness & Trauma Management (9) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 5 practicum]

 
Third Year - Summer (4 Credits) Third Year - Fall (8 Credits) Third Year - Spring (8 Credits)
NURS 7110 Scholarly Project I: Project Development (3)
NURS 7021 Advanced Nursing Practicum I (1)

NURS 7120 Scholarly Project II: Implementation (3)
NURS 7022 Advanced Nursing Practicum II (2)
NURS 7306 Health Policy and Politics (3)

NURS 7130 Scholarly Project III: Project Evaluation and Dissemination (3)
NURS 7023 Advanced Nursing Practicum III (2)
NURS 7316 ACNP IV: Role Transitions (3) [2 didactic, 1 practicum]


*Includes a total of 1080 practicum hours.

Graduates of this program are academically qualified to meet the eligibility requirements to take the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Examination sponsored by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the ACNPC-AG Examination sponsored by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN).