Aug. 16, 2023
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6
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$743
Cost Per Credit Hour
21
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The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) post-MSN certificate, offered by the School of Nursing, is for professional nurses who are interested in advanced nursing care for adult and geriatric patients. Graduates of this program will meet all requirements to sit for national certification, which requires at least 500 clock hours of direct patient care in the advanced role. You will gain knowledge and skills basic to the health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and revision of care of adult-gerontology acutely ill patients. With our degree, earning your qualifications is now easier than ever and all students pay in-state tuition rates. You can complete the program in three semesters and each student’s plan of study is individualized based on educational and experiential background.
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August 16, 2023
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Degree Awarded: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Graduate Certificate
This post-graduate certificate program prepares currently licensed and certified family, adult, or gerontology primary care advanced practice nurses who have an MSN degree to meet the needs for advanced adult gerontology nursing care in acute care settings. Graduates of this program will meet all requirements to sit for the national certification examination offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center or the American Association of Critical Care Nurses specific to this select population.
This is a 16-21 credit hour program, consisting of three didactic and one variable credit clinical course. All didactic courses are offered via asynchronous, web-based modalities. Two didactic courses focus on implementation of disciplined reasoning in the application of therapeutics and evidence-based acute care advanced nursing practice in the adult and geriatric population. An additional didactic course is designed to reinforce the difference in role delineation between primary care and acute care certified nurse practitioners and explore common practice issues specific to the acute care certified nurse practitioner.
National certification requires at least 500 clock hours of direct patient care in the advanced role. However, some students may have accrued appropriate hours prior to admission. Any hours accrued prior to admission must have been academically supervised and completed in an approved acute care setting.
At the completion of the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Post-Master’s Certificate, the graduate will be prepared to demonstrate the following outcomes:
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Qualifications
To be considered, applicants will be required to meet all WVU admission requirements in addition to program-specific admission criteria.
Note: Any student who has been dismissed from the West Virginia University School of Nursing or any other nursing program will not be readmitted or considered for admission to the program.
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Depending on pre-requisites completed, entry term into the program will vary from student to student.
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Once the WVU application has been completed, you must complete and submit the Application Checklist, a tool designed to ensure you have submitted all required information for your application to be considered complete.
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Students are required to attend an online orientation session prior to the start of the semester.
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Graduate Certificate requires 21 credit hours to complete. Cost per credit hour is $743.
$15,603 – Residents and Non-Residents
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Students who graduate from WVU Online with the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nursing Practitioner Graduate Certificate may be prepared for the following careers. These are only a few examples of some of the many opportunities that will be open to you with this degree. Advanced degrees or certifications may be required for some positions.
Information about careers on this list comes from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) of the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA).