Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
Providing care to patients from late-adolescence to older adults
Adult-gerontology NPs provide comprehensive care, including wellness and acute and chronic illness care, to patients from late-adolescence through adulthood to the elderly. They specifically emphasize health promotion, disease prevention, and comprehensive gerontological assessment. They practice in a wide variety of locations that include hospitals, urgent and primary care settings, community clinics, long-term care facilities, and private practice.
As part of FPB's MSN program, the adult-gero NP major requires 41 hours of coursework, plus about 600 hours of clinicals. The coursework is usually completed within 18 months (four semesters) for full-time students, and courses are offered in a distance-friendly format that requires about eight trips to Cleveland.
Subspecialties:
Sample Full-Time Curriculum
Fall Semester I
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Inquiry I: Theoretical Foundations
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3
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Physiologic Foundations of Advanced Practice |
4
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Assessment for Advanced Practice
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3
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Health Promotion Across the Life Span |
2
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Total
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12
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Spring Semester I
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Inquiry II: The Research Process |
3
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Pharmacology and Therapeutics for the Advanced Practice Nurse
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3
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Acute and Common Problems of the Adult I |
5
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Collaboration and Consultation |
1
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Total
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12
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Summer Semester I
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Primary Care of Older Adults |
4
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Inquiry III Evidenced Based Nursing Practice |
2
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Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Role Development |
1
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Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Teaching and Learning |
1
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Total
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8
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Fall Semester II
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Complex Management of Chronic Illnesses |
5
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Inquiry Practicum |
1
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Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Ethical Issues |
1
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Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Finance |
1
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Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Policy and Legal |
1
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Total
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9
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Accumulated Total Hours: 41
NOTE: The above curriculum is full-time; part-time plans are also available. The Advanced Practice Core courses are co-requisites or pre-requisites for the clinical nursing courses. Clinical nursing courses must be taken in the semester and sequence listed above. Clinical course availability is based upon enrollment.
