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Dec 28, 2024
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Graduate Catalog | 2015-2016 Previous Edition
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, M.S.N.
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These advanced practice registered nurses will be prepared to function as Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (AGACNP). Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners provide evidence-based care to acutely ill adults with urgent and emergent complex health issues and critically ill adults with life threatening, rapidly changing physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Graduates with this concentration will be eligible to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Academy of Nurse Practitioner (AANP) examination for Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners. The AGACNP program is a full-time, campus-based program.
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Additional Admission Requirements
- Unencumbered license as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina
- BSN degree from nationally accredited program; the RN-to-MSN option is not available to NP applicants
- Total score of 293 on the revised GRE or 950 on the old GRE with verbal and quantitative portions (Note: the Miller Analogy Test is not accepted.)
- One year of professional nursing practice in acute or critical care
- Overall GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in the last degree and 60 hours of nursing coursework
- Completion of an undergraduate statistics course with a grade of C or above
- Statement of Purpose in the application packet explaining the applicant’s career goal in relation to acute/critical care practice. (Note: Statement of Purpose should not exceed two double-spaced typed pages.)
- References should be from professional colleagues and should speak to clinical knowledge and expertise and one’s ability to function as a member of the healthcare team. At least one reference from a supervisory person is preferred.
Application is competitive. Students are admitted annually in the Fall semester. See the School of Nursing website at nursing.uncc.edu for application deadline.
Degree Requirements
The program requires completion of 47 credit hours in approved courses including:
Core Courses (9 credit hours)
Cognate Courses (6 credit hours)
Advanced Clinical Core (9 credit hours)
AGACNP Specialty Courses (20 credit hours)
Synthesis Project or Thesis (3 credit hours)
Note:
*Clinical Course that requires 60 credit hours practice for each 1 credit hour. Clinical courses may require travel to clinical sites outside Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
Additional Degree Requirements
- A minimum of 600 hours of supervised clinical experience as a Nurse Practitioner student is required.
- Students may receive no more than one C grade in any graduate course. The second C will result in suspension from the program.
- In order to progress in the specialty, a grade of B or above is required in the following courses:
- Faculty advising is required.
Research Opportunities
Students who choose to do so have the opportunity to serve as Research Assistants on faculty research projects. Students may have an opportunity to choose a mentored research experience in their Synthesis courses.
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