Post-Graduate Certificate: Accelerated Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Mount Carmel College of Nursing’s accelerated online Post-Graduate 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 APRN 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-Graduate 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, (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:

1. Integrate nursing, social, and health related theories with evidence-based practice to enhance, innovate and design quality and effective delivery of health care. (ME I); [DD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9]; {QSEN 2, 4, 5, 6}

2. Assimilate evidence into practice to provide timely, ethical, compassionate, and culturally responsive, person-centered advanced nursing care. (ME IV); [DD 2, 4]; {QSEN 1, 2, 3, 6}

3. Integrate patient care technology and information systems in the coordination and evaluation of advanced nursing practice (ME V); [DD 1, 2, 7, 8, 9]; {QSEN 3, 5, 6}

4. Participate in evidence-based policy and practice that promotes dimensions of health and wellness and development for self, peers, individuals, families, communities and populations. (ME VI, VIII); [DD 1, 3, 4, 8, 9]; {QSEN 1, 2, 3, 5, 6}

5. Use quality improvement tools, performance measures and standards to drive care delivery that is safe, cost-effective and achieves desired outcomes. (ME III); [DD 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]; {QSEN 2, 4, 5, 6}

6. Apply leadership principles to promote ethical and strategic change in health care and health policy at organizational, local, and regional levels. (ME II); [DD 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10?]; {QSEN 1?, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

7. Facilitate interprofessional and community partnerships to address the diverse health care needs in local, regional, national and/or global communities. (ME VII); [DD 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10]; {QSEN 1, 2, 3, 6}

8. Support advanced nursing roles and nursing’s unique disciplinary perspectives to enhance outcomes (ME IX); [DD 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10]; {QSEN 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}