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The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner concentration program of study enables you to assume primary responsibility for the direct care of patients with acute and chronic conditions in a variety of care settings. These settings may include emergency departments, intensive care units, acute care units, or specialty labs, clinics or physician practices. You can select an area of emphasis such as critical care, cardiology, pulmonary, neurology, oncology, trauma, as well as additional specialty areas. The concentration consists of 15 credit hours of core nursing courses with an additional 36 credit hours of concentration coursework. Graduates are eligible for certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Association (ANCC) or American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) as an Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. National certification is necessary to obtain advanced practice licensure in most states.
The concentration consists of advanced clinical practice and nursing science, built on a core of physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology. Clinical preceptors in various clinical settings will help prepare you to:
We’re pleased to offer educational opportunities to post-master’s applicants. To determine the number of clinical hours and didactic courses, a gap analysis will be conducted. Depending upon this analysis, students can complete the program in one to two years.
Please email Dr. Ann Bowling at ann.bowling@wright.edu to discuss the post-master’s program.
View the Master of Science in Nursing program information and degree requirements in the Academic Catalog.
Please see the list of required courses (DOCX).
Application to Wright State University’s School of Nursing, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences is a two-step process.
Required Documents
The documents listed below should be uploaded directly to your Graduate School online application. Please do not send these materials to the School of Nursing, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences.
When the Graduate School application is complete, notification will automatically be sent to the school, and we will communicate our application requirements.
Required Documents
The school will provide instructions on how to complete the above steps once we receive notification of the completed Graduate School application. All School of Nursing, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences-required documents should be sent directly to the School of Nursing, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences.
Admission Requirements
Ann Bowling, Ph.D., APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE
Associate Professor
ann.bowling@wright.edu
Phone: 937-775-2596
Fax: 937-775-4266
School of Nursing, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences
Phone: 937-775-3131
Fax: 937-775-4571
Questions about the graduate school application? Contact:
Graduate School
Location: 344 Student Union
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Phone: 937-775-2976
Fax: 937-775-2453
Email: wsugrad@wright.edu
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