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The College of Health Sciences is pleased to offer a Post-Master’s Certificate/Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Track. This advanced practice nursing track educates master’s prepared advanced practice nurses to expand their current scope of practice in order to assess, diagnose and manage acute, chronic, and complex health needs of individuals through adolescence (age 13 and older), adulthood, and end of life as primary care providers in a global health care system.
Program
Post-Master’s Certificate/Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Track
Location
Glendale, AZ
Duration
12 Months
Intake
Summer 2022
Class Size
5
The Post-Master’s Certificate/Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Track is a 12-month curriculum divided into a didactic phase (4 quarters), one mandatory on-campus intensive, and an overlapping clinical phase (3 quarters). The degree consists of 35 quarter credits and 640 clinical hours in the area of focus. The initial portion of the track emphasizes the professional role of the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-PCNP) in health promotion, screening and diagnostic measures, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, and disease prevention through evidence-based practices within primary care settings of the population foci (adolescence through geriatrics). There is one mandatory 3-Day Campus Intensive which will be completed at the end of the first quarter of Year 1, followed by the clinical phase beginning in the second quarter of Year 1.
Midwestern University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500, Chicago, IL 60604-1413.
*Midwestern University is actively pursuing specialty nursing accreditation.
To be considered for admission to the Post-Master's Certificate/Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Track, applicants must submit the following documented evidence:
*According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported in 2019 for nurse practitioners
*According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported in 2020 for the occupational outlook for Nurse Practitioners