Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care, Post-Master's Certificate & Post-Doctoral Certificate
Advance the scope of your practice caring for adults experiencing acute and unstable conditions with a Certificate in Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nursing.
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Your Practice, Expanded for the Greater Need.
In only 18 months, you’ll expand your current knowledge of primary care and adult-geriatric nursing to encompass providing care to adults experiencing acute and unstable conditions. Built to accommodate working nurses, on-campus courses only occur once per month in a 3-day block on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You can also work in your home community to gain hours in a focused sub-specialty, such as Hospital Medicine/ICU, Cardiology, and Emergency Medicine/Trauma.
Certifications
Graduates of the AG-ACNP certificate are eligible to sit for both the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and American Association of Critical Care Nurses (ACCN) AG-ACNP certification exam.
Before Applying You’ll Need:
- Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner or an Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner.
- Graduate degree in Nursing from a CCNE or NLNAC accredited nursing program and a regionally accredited college or university.
- Statement of professional and personal goals. Include reasons for choosing the AG-ACNP program as well as the fit with the Seattle University and College of Nursing mission and values.
- Résumé specifying education and work experience (two years of work experience preferred).
- Two letters of recommendation (one from an academic source; the other from an employer). Both must address your potential for success in an acute care advanced practice nursing program.
- Completed Application for Graduate Admission.
- International applicants and applicants for whom English is a non-native language can find additional admissions requirements on the International Students admissions page.
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) CCNE Accredited
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing/Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post-graduate APRN certificate program at Seattle University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
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