Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program
The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program prepares you to diagnose and treat adult and older adult patients in acute care settings.
As an adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner, deliver advanced nursing care to adult/older adult patients to help restore health, prevent complications, and navigate patients and their families across acute care settings.
About the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Speciality
Nurse practitioners in this specialty help care for adult or older adult patients who are acutely ill or have conditions requiring complex chronic specialty care. Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NPs typically practice in ICUs (cardiac, medical, surgical, trauma, neuromedicine), hospital inpatient floors, and outpatient specialty care clinics.
National Certification
Graduates of this program will be prepared to sit for national certification examinations with the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) to earn professional certification as an AGACNP-BC or ACNPC-AG. Learn more about nurse practitioner certification in the Student Handbook.
Degree Options & Curriculum
Meet the Program Director
Beth Palermo, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, ACNP-BC
Specialty Director, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program
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