More about the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Program

Learn more about the courses you will take in the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner DNP program.

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Program of Study

Our Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner DNP (AG-ACNP) is a 3-year full-time program for students entering the DNP program with a bachelor's degree and an RN or Advanced Practice Nursing Immersion (APNI) to DNP students who have successfully completed the pre-licensure program of study. Students entering with a master's degree will have an individual program of study determined by the DNP advisor.

During the first year of advanced practice coursework, APNI students and RN to DNP students have different programs of study. In year two and three all courses are taken together.

Program of study shown is based on 2024-2025 AY. Programs of study and course sequencing may change periodically due to state and national certification changes. All courses begin with prefix NURS.

AG-ACNP Program of Study Year 1

APNI to DNP Students

Students in the APNI to DNP program have a 4-year program of study (173 total credits). Your first five quarters of graduate study are focused on pre-licensure coursework. Your first year of AG-ACNP advanced practice study begins after completion of pre-licensure coursework.

RN to DNP Students

Students entering the AG-ACNP program with an RN have a 3-year program of study (110 total credits) that includes advanced practice and doctoral coursework.

The courses below include the first year of AG-ACNP advanced practice study for APNI students, which begins after completion of pre-licensure coursework.

Fall Quarter Year 1 (14 credits)

6020 Epidemiologic Analysis of Populations at Risk

6024 Advanced Pathophysiology

6130 Foundations of Nursing Knowledge for Advanced Practice

6160 Leadership in Health Care Systems

Winter Quarter Year 1 (12 credits)

6004 Pharmacology for Registered Nurses

6075 Clinical Reasoning

6111 Health Informatics

6190 Quality Improvement Process and Methodologies

Spring Quarter Year 1 (6 credits)

6010 Health Care Policy for a Just and Humane World

6017 Health Care Economics and Finance

Summer Quarter Year 1 (11 credits)

6004 Pharmacology for Registered Nurses

6024 Advanced Pathophysiology

6110 Ethical Care for Social Justice

Fall Quarter Year 1 (13 credits)

6020 Epidemiologic Analysis of Populations at Risk

6075 Clinical Reasoning

6130 Foundations of Nursing Knowledge for Advanced Practice

6190 Quality Improvement Process and Methodologies

Winter Quarter Year 1 (12 credits)

6017 Health Care Economics and Finance

6111 Health Informatics

6120 Population-Based Health Care

6160 Leadership in Health Care Systems

Spring Quarter Year 1 (6 credits)

6010 Health Care Policy for a Just and Humane World

6014 Theory Informed Critical Inquiry I

AG-ACNP Program of Study Year 2 and Year 3

During the second and third year of advanced practice and doctoral coursework APNI and RN to DNP students follow the same program of study.

Summer Quarter Year 2 (0 credits)

No courses

Fall Quarter Year 2 (9 credits)

6001 Advanced Health Assessment Lab

6101 Advanced Health Assessment Theory

6022 Advanced Pharmacology

Winter Quarter Year 2 (14 credits)

6015 Critical Inquiry II

6104 Management of Gynecological and Reproductive Health Lab

6204 Management of Gynecological and Reproductive Health Theory

6401 Diagnostics and Procedures

6406 Advanced Inpatient and Critical Care Pharmacology

Spring Quarter Year 2 (8 credits)

6018 Health Program Planning and Development

6402 Acute Care I: Management of Chronic Conditions in the Acute Care Setting

6412 Acute Care I Lab: Management of Chronic and Complex Conditions

Summer Quarter Year 3 (5 credits)

6403 Acute Care I Practicum: Management of Chronic Conditions during Acute Alterations in Health

Fall Quarter Year 3 (13 credits)

6404 Acute Care II: Management of Acute and Complex Conditions

6405 Acute Care II: Management of Acute Conditions During Altered States of Health

6414 Acute Care II Lab: Management of Acute and Complex Conditions

6901 DNP Internship I

Winer Quarter Year 3 (12 credits)

6407 Acute Care III: Management of Critical and Unstable Conditions

6408 Acute Care III Practicum: Management of Critical or Unstable Conditions during Altered State of Health

6417 Acute Care III Lab: Management of Critical and Unstable Conditions

6903 DNP Project Internship II

Spring Quarter Year 3 (7-9 credits)

6409 Acute Care Practicum IV: Specialty Focus

6905 DNP Internship III

DNP Project Presentation and Program Synthesis

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