Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) post-baccalaureate to DNP (BSN to DNP) program of study consists of 86 credit hours. The plan of study is based on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials (AACN, 2021) and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties' Nurse Practitioner Role Core Competencies and Population-focused critical curricular elements (NONPF, 2022) for the AGACNP.
This program prepares the student at the graduate level with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to engage in advanced nursing practice by providing comprehensive, holistic care of adolescent to older adult patients with episodic, critical, and complex illness or injury, as well as chronic disease exacerbations. Additionally, the program prepares students to stabilize patient conditions, prevent complications, restore and maintain maximum health, and provide palliative and end-of-life care. The AGACNP education is distinguished from other population-focused NP concentrations by preparing learners to deliver care to patients characterized as physiologically unstable, experiencing life-threatening illness or injury, high severity, or highly vulnerable to complications within a continuum of care ranging from disease prevention to critical care. The AG-ACNP does not provide routine health maintenance for the well adult.
Clinical settings include community-based specialty clinics and hospitals. The primary teaching-learning practices used in this program are lectures, seminars, case studies, presentations, and simulation. Clinical learning experiences focus on the advanced assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients from middle adolescence through the adult lifespan. Practicum focuses on developing clinical competency in the role and scope of advanced nursing practice under the guidance of program faculty and direct supervision by approved preceptors.
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I earned a BSN degree
BSN to DNP BSN-DNP Concentrations
Dual Concentrations Advanced Specialties Note: The BSN-to-DNP pathway for NP concentrations are each nine semesters in length and are designed to build upon the BSN curriculum. The curriculum integrates DNP competencies throught each course while devloping the RN with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to engage in autonomous NP practice within selected population-focused concentrations. |
I earned a MSN/MN degree
Post-Masters to DNP Post-Masters-DNP in the same role and population as master's degree and current certification Post-Masters-DNP to add a new APRN role or population to current certification
Advanced Specialties Note: Applicants who have earned a Master's degree without an APRN concentration (e.g. clinical nurse leader, healthcare management, nursing education) should apply via the BSN-DNP pathway. |
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Leanne H. Fowler, DNP, AGACNP-BC Coordinator of AGACNP Concentration |