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Master of Science in Nursing, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration
On this page:
- Why Choose the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration?
- Academics and Curriculum
- Admission
- Program Outcomes
- Contact Information
Why Choose the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration?
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:
- Conduct comprehensive health assessments
- Appraise health risks and behaviors
- Order and interpret diagnostic tests
- Diagnose and manage commonly occurring health problems and disease-related symptoms
- Prescribe and evaluate drugs and other treatments
- Coordinate care during transitions in settings
- Provide guidance and counseling to restore, promote, and maintain health and quality of life
- Work independently and collaboratively to enhance access to quality care for patients and families
- Achieve a cost-effective, outcome-oriented practice
Post-Master’s Training
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.
Academics and Curriculum
View the Master of Science in Nursing program information and degree requirements in the Academic Catalog.
Please see the list of required courses (DOCX).
Admission
Due Dates/Program Start
- December 1 for Spring Semester start
- April 1 for Summer Semester start
- July 31 for Fall Semester start
Application to Wright State University’s School of Nursing, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences is a two-step process.
1
Apply to the Wright State University Graduate School
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.
- Graduate School application (online)
- Transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
- Resume/curriculum vitae
- Meaningful clinical experience essay (2 pages maximum)
- Statement of professional goals (250 words maximum)
- Provide name and email address of two references for letters of recommendation
- Current or most recent supervisor
- Faculty member from your nursing program, or previous employer
When the Graduate School application is complete, notification will automatically be sent to the school, and we will communicate our application requirements.
2
Apply to the School of Nursing, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences
Required Documents
- BCII and FBI background check results
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
- Be a bachelor’s prepared nurse, having earned a B.S.N. in nursing from an accredited institution.
- Have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale from your baccalaureate degree and any subsequent graduate work.
- Hold an unencumbered nursing license.
- Have a minimum of two years recent critical care nursing experience.
- Provide evidence of no criminal record on file through a clear BCI/FBI background screen.
- International students
- Must provide proof of English proficiency by achieving at least the minimum score in one of the following:
- TOEFL IBT: 79
- IELTS: 6.0
- Pearson PTE: 57
- Students who show proof of successful completion of an Intensive English Program from an accredited Institution or program accepted by international admissions are exempt from the requirement to take an approved English Proficiency exam.
- Must have an unencumbered United States nursing license.
- Must have two years of United States recent critical care nursing experience.
- Must provide proof of English proficiency by achieving at least the minimum score in one of the following:
Program Outcomes
The M.S. graduate will:
- Examine scientific findings from nursing, biopsychosocial fields, genetics, public health, quality improvement, and organizational sciences for the continual improvement of nursing care across diverse settings
- Demonstrate leadership skills necessary for ethical and critical decision making, effective working relationships, and a systems-perspective to promote high quality and safe patient care
- Apply quality principles within an organization and articulate the methods, tools, performance measures, and standards related to quality
- Apply evidence-based outcomes within the practice setting, resolving practice problems, working as a change agent, and disseminating results
- Use communication strategies and patient-care technologies to integrate, coordinate, deliver, and enhance care
- Examine the policy development process and advocacy strategies necessary to intervene at the system level to influence health and health care
- Use communication strategies necessary for interprofessional collaboration and consultation to manage and coordinate care
- Integrate broad, organizational, client-centered, and culturally appropriate concepts in the planning, delivery, management, and evaluation of evidence-based clinical prevention and population care and services to individuals, families, and aggregates/identified populations
- Demonstrate advanced level of understanding of nursing and relevant sciences as well as the ability to integrate this knowledge into practice including both direct and indirect care components that influence health care outcomes for individuals, populations, or systems
Contact Information
Concentration Contact
Tonya Schmitt, DNP, CPNP-PC, APRN
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Director of Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree Program
Director of Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Program
Phone: 937-775-3851 or 734-368-1727
Fax: 937-775-4571
General Contact Information
School of Nursing, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences
Phone: 937-775-3132
Fax: 937-775-4571
Questions about the graduate school application? Contact:
The College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies
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
