Post-Master’s Certificate: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Earn your post-master’s certificate and gain the advanced practice experience you need to be an adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner (AGPCNP). 你将能够:

• 为病人提供保健服务, from adolescents to those at the end of life, focusing on health promotion and disease prevention.
• Manage patients with episodic illness and injury, 慢性疾病管理, and requiring palliative or end-of-life care.
• 管理护理环境之间的过渡, provide patient and caregiver education and evaluate caregiver competence.

The curriculum prepares graduates to manage medically and psychologically stable patients and to identify, 诊断, and refer those experiencing sudden or progressive deterioration.

AGPCNPs在哪里工作

• 私人诊所
• 社区卫生诊所
• 长期护理设施
• 亚急性康复中心
• 医院
• 家庭健康
• 临终关怀和姑息治疗
• 职业健康.

护理与健康科学学院

North Park University’s 护理与健康科学学院 has a tradition and reputation for training effective, 富有同情心的护理人员. You’ll study in our state-of-the-art nursing simulation lab, which allows you to practice on “standardized patients” in a safe clinical setting and receive immediate feedback from 专家执业教员.

项目要求

The AGPCNP post-master’s certificate requires 36 total semester hours (sh) plus 765 practicum hours.

• 15小时的高级实践核心课程
• AGPCNP专业课程21学分

护士执业核心及角色课程

• Advanced Practice Nursing: Role Concepts and Transitions (2 SH) NURS 5503
• 高级病理生理学(3 SH) NURS 5505
• 高级药理学(3 SH) NURS 5510
• Advanced Health Assessment (4 SH) NURS 5515
• Health and Wellness Promotion (3 SH) NURS 5520

特定人群的课程

• Adult Health I Primary Care (6 SH) NURS 5531
• Adult Health II Primary Care (3 SH) NURS 5540
• 成人健康II实习(1 SH) NURS 5545
• Advanced Practice Gerontologic Nursing I Primary Care (2 SH) NURS 5610
• Advanced Practice Gerontologic Nursing II Primary Care (4 SH) NURS 5622
• Residency: Adult Gerontology Primary Care (3 SH) NURS 5781
• 顶点项目(2 SH) NURS 5990

请审阅整个 学术目录 for the year you enrolled at North Park for official course requirements. The catalog and your academic advisor will assist you in planning your course sequence.