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

This program prepares licensed registered nurses, who already have a Master of Science in Nursing degree, for another exciting level of practice—the role of Adult - Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. According to the American Nurses Credentialing Center (AACN), the Adult - Gerontology Acute Care nurse practitioner provides health care services to adult patients with complex acute, critical, and chronic health conditions. The Adult - Gerontology Acute Care nurse practitioner provides these services in high-acuity settings that require intensive monitoring and therapeutic intervention. Adult - Gerontology Acute Care nurse practitioners are typically employed in hospital settings, including intensive care, sub-acute care, and emergency care; but, may also be employed in ambulatory, outpatient, and rehabilitative settings to provide population-based care across the healthcare continuum for the purpose of restoring individuals to their maximal health potential. Graduates of the Adult - Gerontology Acute Care nurse practitioner track are prepared to excel in any acute care environment upon graduation from Mount Carmel.

Students graduating from the Adult - Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner track will be eligible for the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) certification examination for Adult - Gerontology Acute Care Nurse.

Student Learning Outcomes

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

1. Deliver competent health care to diverse young adult, adult and older adult populations for individuals, communities and systems
2. 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
3. Facilitate and demonstrate the use of evidence-based practice in nursing
4. Design health promotion and disease prevention clinical programs for young adult, adult and older adult populations experiencing acute, critical, and chronically ill diseases
5. Evaluate nursing practice and health care to produce quality outcomes of evidence-based acute and chronic care services for individuals, communities and systems
6. Enhance leadership in clinical practice
7. Use ethical decision making in the delivery of acute, critical, and chronically ill care services for vulnerable populations
8. Collaborate with intra and interdisciplinary professionals to achieve quality outcomes in advanced nursing practice
9. Demonstrate scholarly inquiry through verbal and written communication in clinical scholarship