Total credit hours: 49

Purpose:
To provide advanced nursing care across the continuum of acute care services to adult patients who are acutely and critically ill. This care may be provided in a variety of care settings. This care is continuous and comprehensive. Care is provided using a collaborative model involving patients, families, significant others, nurses and other health care providers.

Scope of Practice:
The core body of knowledge is derived from the full spectrum of high-acuity patient care needs. Specialty is further determined by patient characteristics. The acute care nurse practitioner assesses complex acutely ill patients through health history, physical and mental status examination, and health risk appraisal. Diagnostic reasoning, advanced therapeutic interventions, consultation and referral to other nurses, physicians, and other providers are intrinsic components of this role. The acute care nurse practitioner incorporates and applies the theories of nursing, including functional and psychosocial assessment. The acute care nurse practitioner is a culturally compentent provider of individualized patient care.

Core: 15 credit hours
NGR 6080 Family and Population-B ased Health Promotion (3)
NGR 6121 Theoretical Basis of Advanced Practice Nursing (3)
NGR 6135 Ethical, Legal, & Policy Issues in Advanced Nursing (3)
NGR 6800 Nursing Research (3)
NGR 6950 Capstone Course (3) or NGR 6971 Thesis (3)

Advanced Practice Component: 9 credit hours
NGR 6140 Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice (3)
NGR 6199 Pharmacology for Advanced Practice (3)
NGR 6001 Health Assessment for Advanced Practice (3)

Advanced Practice Specialty: 25 credit hours
NGR 6143 Pathophysiologic Concepts in Acute Care (3)
NGR 6944 Acute Care Practicum (4) x2
NGR 6243 Clinical Management of the Acute Ill Adult (3)
NGR 6700 Advanced Practice Transitions (2)
NGR 6700L APN Transitions Practicum (3)
NGR 6271 Adult Health Management (3)
NGR 6xxx Advanced Procedures (1x3)

 

Disclaimer

Past experience has proven that new nursing students are more successful if they begin the program with an orientation. Therefore, students accepted to any program at the College of Nursing are required to attend a new student orientation. This is the final step in the application and acceptance process and it cannot be waived or postponed.

Accepted students should not make final plans for travel, studying abroad, or other activities that may interfere with attendance at the mandatory orientation. In addition, students are encouraged to clear attendance at the mandatory orientation with their current professor if they are enrolled in a class at the time of orientation.

Students who are unable to attend the orientation will not be permitted to enter the program that semester and may apply again to be accepted for a later term.