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

Mount Carmel College of Nursing’s accelerated online Post-Master’s Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP) Certificate Program is designed for experienced Advanced Practice Nurses. Eligible APRN’s are those with at least 12 months of experience who are currently working in critical or acute care settings and hold an active, unrestricted Ohio license.

These advanced professionals are typically employed in hospital settings, including intensive care, sub-acute care and emergency rooms but may also be employed in ambulatory, outpatient and rehabilitative settings to provide population-based care across the health care continuum for the purpose of restoring individuals to their maximal health potential, following an acute care episode. The program is offered online.

The Post-Master’s Certificate Program will meet the professional standards set forth by the American Nurse Credentialing Center and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. In only two semesters, (17-20 semester hours) you will be eligible for your certification as an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner track, graduates will have the knowledge and skills to:

• Deliver competent health care to diverse young adult, adult and older adult populations for individuals, communities and systems
• Use epidemiological, social, and environmental data to draw inferences to effectively assist patients in achieving and/or maintaining optimal health or to stabilize chronic conditions
• Facilitate and demonstrate the use of evidence-based practice in nursing
• Design health promotion and disease prevention clinical programs for young adult, adult and older adult populations experiencing acute, critical, and chronically ill diseases
• Evaluate nursing practice and health care to produce quality outcomes of evidence-based acute and chronic care services for individuals, communities and systems
• Enhance leadership in clinical practice
• Use ethical decision making in the delivery of acute, critical, and chronically ill care services for vulnerable populations
• Collaborate with intra and interdisciplinary professionals to achieve quality outcomes in advanced nursing practice
• Demonstrate scholarly inquiry through verbal and written communication in clinical scholarship