Education

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Are you thinking about earning your online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner? If so, you’ve come to the right place. It is a study that prepares you to move into advanced clinical roles, particularly in high-acuity settings such as hospitals, intensive care units and emergency departments. There is a certain structure of the program which you must understand. 

If you’d like to embark on this program, you need to already have your master’s with a major in nursing, you must have completed all your clinical hours and you must be a registered and practicing nurse. These are the entry requirements that are designed to ensure that only experienced and well-studied candidates enter. After all, it’s your doctor of nursing practice (DNP), which means that you first need to have completed your master’s to gain entry.

Understanding The Structure Of The Program

An online DNP Adult-Gero Acute Care NP program blends coursework with hands-on clinical training. You have already completed your clinical hours during your master’s. The DNP clinical hours are similar, however, more nuanced toward adult geriatric acute care. While lectures and assignments are completed online, clinical hours must be fulfilled in person at approved healthcare facilities.

The curriculum focuses on advanced practice skills. Courses often include pathophysiology, pharmacology, advanced health assessment and acute care management. You will also study leadership, healthcare policy and evidence-based practice, which are key components of a DNP-level education. An AGACNP program is structured to accommodate working professionals and it requires that you are already a registered nurse and that you have at least one year of full-time acute care experience from the past two years.

What Clinical Training Really Looks Like

Clinical training is a core part of the program and cannot be overlooked. You will be required to complete a set number of supervised clinical hours, often in settings such as hospitals or specialty care units.

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