Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Offered through Distance Education with On-Site Requirements
Program Overview
The Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program prepares nurses as expert providers of primary health care to young adults, adults, older adults and their families across health care settings. The primary focus of the program is to prepare the graduate to promote, maintain, supervise, and restore health, identify health risks, and assess, diagnose, and manage acute and chronic illnesses common in primary care. The ability to function as an educator, leader, consultant, advocate, and change agent is an essential to the development of clinical expertise in this role.
Graduate Program Outcomes
Admission Requirements
* Clinical Practice Portfolio - Applicants to a master's program with a non-nursing bachelor's degree are required to submit a clinical practice portfolio to be evaluated for baccalaureate-level nursing competencies once they have been admitted to a program. A non-refundable fee of $300 is required for the portfolio evaluation. If the portfolio does not meet academic standards, the student cannot be matriculated.
The Clinical Practice Portfolio is only required for those applicants with a non-nursing bachelor's degree who have been offered conditional acceptance.
Additional Requirements Upon Admission
Transcripts from foreign institutions must be evaluated for transfer equivalency credits by an accredited evaluation service, such as the World Education Services (WES) http://www.wes.org
Graduates from this program will be eligible for certification and registration as a nurse practioner by New York State Education Department and are also eligible for National Certification as an Adult/Gerontology-Primary Care NP.
The Stony Brook University School of Nursing reserves the right to change admission and program criteria to meet prevailing accreditation, regulatory and registration requirements.
Meeting clinical course requirements is dependent upon the availability of appropriate clinical sites and preceptors in a student’s region. The Stony Brook University School of Nursing cannot guarantee the availability of clinical sites and preceptors or the results of clinical contract/affiliation negotiations.
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| Graduation Requirements | Credits |
|---|---|
Core | |
| HNH 503 Organizational Leadership and Role Transformation | 3 |
| HNH 504 Quality Improvement, Safety, and Health Care Technologies | 3 |
| HNH 505 Health Care Policy and Advocacy | 2 |
Research | |
| HNG 541 Statistical Methods & Scholarly Inquiry | 3 |
| HNG 543 Applications in Clinical Nursing Research | 3 |
Pharmacology | |
| HNG 540 Clinical Pharmacology | 3 |
Health Assessment | |
| HNG 515 Advanced Health Assessment | 3 |
Pathophysiology | |
| HNG 588 Clinical Pathobiology | 3 |
Clinical Courses | |
| HNG 519 Advanced Theory & Clinical Practice in Adult-Gerontology Across the Continuum I | 4 |
| HNG 529 Advanced Theory & Clinical Practice in Adult-Gerontology Across the Continuum II | 5 |
| HNG 539 Advanced Theory & Clinical Practice in Adult Health Nursing I | 5 |
| HNG 549 Advanced Theory & Clinical Practice in Adult Health Nursing II | 5 |
Electives | 3 |
Total Credits | 45 |
Students are prepared to sit for the following national certification exams:
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
(ANCC: http://www.nursecredentialing.org/)
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
(AANP: http://www.aanpcert.org)
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Dolores Bilges
Email address: anp.nursing@stonybrook.edu