Prerequisites Required: None

Co-requisites: None

Course Description: This graduate-level course builds on foundational pharmacology to prepare Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP) students for prescriptive authority in high-acuity settings. Emphasis is placed on advanced pharmacotherapeutic principles, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenomics as applied to critically ill adult and older adult patients across the wellness-illness continuum. Students will critically evaluate evidence-based pharmacologic interventions for complex, life-threatening conditions commonly encountered in intensive care units, emergency departments, and specialty acute care services. Through case-based analysis and interdisciplinary collaboration, learners will develop competency in designing, implementing, and monitoring individualized, safe, and cost-effective pharmacotherapy plans while addressing polypharmacy, antimicrobial stewardship, medication safety, and patient-specific variables in acute care environments.

Prerequisites Required: None

Co-requisites: None

Course Description: This graduate-level course equips Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP) students with advanced diagnostic reasoning and collaborative management skills essential for high-acuity practice. Building prior assessment knowledge, students refine their ability to formulate focused differential diagnoses for complex, time-sensitive presentations across adult and older adult populations in intensive care units, emergency departments, trauma centers, and specialty acute care services. Emphasis is placed on the selection, interpretation, and clinical application of diagnostic modalities (laboratory, imaging, point-of-care ultrasound, and procedural techniques) while integrating cultural humility, social determinants of health, and ethical considerations.

Prerequisites Required: MSN5040, MSN5041, MSN5041-L

Co-requisites: None

Course Description: This first of three didactic courses with integrated clinical hours addresses the core competencies (knowledge, skills, and professional behaviors) required to deliver comprehensive, holistic care to a culturally diverse, acutely ill adult-gerontology population (young adult to frail elderly). Emphasis is placed on clinical manifestations, patient responses, and advanced physical assessment findings to formulate accurate differential diagnoses, plan evidence-based interventions, and promote health maintenance. Students engage in quality improvement and patient-safety initiatives, interdisciplinary collaboration, and systems-based practice through lectures, web-based simulation, and 225 supervised clinical hours in acute settings, establishing the foundation for progressive mastery in acute care management and safe transition to full clinical immersion.

Prerequisites Required: MSN5040, MSN5041, MSN5041-L, MSN5051, MSN5051-C

Co-requisites: None

Course Description: This second of three didactic courses with integrated clinical hours builds foundational competencies to advance proficiency in managing complex, high-acuity conditions in culturally diverse adult-gerontology patients (young adult to frail elderly). Emphasis is placed on independent performance of advanced procedures, real-time interpretation of invasive monitoring, leadership in crisis situations, and integration of palliative and transitional care principles. Students refine diagnostic reasoning, pharmacologic management, and systems leadership through lectures, web-based simulation, and 225 supervised clinical hours in acute settings, progressing toward autonomous AG-ACNP practice.

Prerequisite Required: MSN5040, MSN5041, MSN5041-L, MSN5051, MSN5051-C, MSN 5052, MSN 5052-C

Co-requisites: None

Courses Description: These third of three didactic courses with integrated clinical hours culminate the synthesis of advanced competencies required for autonomous practice as an adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner with culturally diverse, acutely and critically ill patients (young adult to frail elderly). Emphasis is placed on independent management of complex, multisystem disorders through expert diagnostic reasoning, advanced procedural intervention, comprehensive pharmacological therapeutics, interdisciplinary consultation/referral, seamless care transitions, and application of research to optimize outcomes. Students demonstrate full-scope leadership in quality improvement, patient-safety systems, crisis resource management, and professional role integration through lectures, web-based simulation, and 315 supervised clinical hours in acute settings, achieving readiness for certification and independent AG-ACNP practice.