2024-2025 Graduate Catalog


Post-Graduate Certificate - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

AGACNP POST-GRADUATE CERTIFCATE REQUIREMENTS
Requirements for obtaining the AGACNP Post-graduate certificate are:

Successful completion of all course work (20 credits) with a B or higher grade in all graduate nursing courses.

Passing each clinical rotation with satisfactory evaluation from the clinical preceptor along with a completed Typhon clinical encounter database.

A Minimum of 750 acute patient direct care hours must be completed.

Upon admission, the student's gap analysis will determine the number of hours matriculated into the PGC program from the past graduate program.

Upon completion of the didactic, practicum and capstone degree requirements, the graduate will be awarded the AGACNP Post-graduate Certificate and will be eligible to sit for the national certification in their specialty area.

Degree Requirements

Required Courses

NURS 6211Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients I

3

NURS 6212Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients II

3

NURS 6213Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients III

3

NURS 6291Clinical Practicum I for Advanced Practice Nurses

2

NURS 6292Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum II

4

Plan of Study

Summer

NURS 6211Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients I

3

NURS 6291Clinical Practicum I for Advanced Practice Nurses

2

Fall

NURS 6212Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients II

3

NURS 6292Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum II

4

Spring

NURS 6213Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients III

3