Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Track

The Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP (ACPCNP) program prepares advanced practice nurses to function in ambulatory or community-based settings as an adult-gerontology nurse practitioner. The focus of the program is on the delivery of primary care to the individual within the context of the family and community. The direct role component includes the management and delivery of care for adults with common episodic or chronic health problems, and the core competencies emphasizing teaching, consultation and research. Graduates of this specialty are eligible to take the Adult Nurse Practitioner certification examination prepared by an approved national organization as accepted by the Board of Registration in Nursing and to apply to practice in the expanded role in Massachusetts or other states based on regulatory guidelines.

Students  also have the option to enroll in one of the following subtracks: Cancer Care; Cardiovascular Care; and Nurse Educator Track

Course Sequence:  based on full-time status (see catalogue for part-time option course sequence)

Year 1

Fall Semester

N/NG604

Translation of Scholarship into Practice

3 cr

N/NG603A

IP Societal Forces Influencing Graduate Nursing Education
and Practice

3 cr

N/NG603B   IP Community Service Learning Practicum1 cr

N/NG613

Advanced Pathophysiology

3 cr

N/NG 719   Genetics/Genomics/Pharmacogenomics                              3 cr

Spring Semester

N/NG704

Epidemiology

3 cr

N/NG603B

IP Community Service Learning Practicum (con't from Fall)

 

N/NG614

Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics

3 cr

 

Elective

3 cr

Summer Semester

 

N/NG615A

Advanced Health Assessment

3 cr

N/NG615B

Advanced Health Assessment Practicum

1 cr

Year 2

Fall Semester

N/NG630A

Advanced Nursing Science: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Theory I

6 cr

N/NG630B

Advanced Nursing Science: Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum I

4 cr

Spring Semester

N/NG631A

Advanced Nursing Science: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Theory II

6 cr

N/NG631B

Advanced Nursing Science: Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum II

3 cr


Total Academic Credits

45 cr

Course Descriptions