Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care

Overview

The Master in Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care program at Duke University focuses on developing the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver nursing care to individuals from adolescence to older adulthood across primary care settings, including those in rural and under-served areas.

As a graduate from our adult-gerontology nurse practitioner major you are well-prepared to provide culturally competent, evidence-based, state-of-the-art primary medical care to patients from adolescence through senescence. Our graduates practice in a wide variety of outpatient settings ranging from small community health centers to retail clinics to large academic medical centers.

Highlights

• Opportunities for short-term course or clinical work in international sites

• Options for choosing an area of specialization (cardiology, endocrinology, oncology, orthopedics, or HIV)

• Precepted clinical experiences in a variety of settings, including rural and underserved areas

• Campus visits for intensive group learning experiences complement the online didactic content and the clinical preceptorships

• Focus on the knowledge and skills necessary to provide primary care across diverse settings

• Develop clinical resiliency under the mentorship of experienced clinicians in their area of expertise

• Synthesize clinical learning and the transition to the role of nurse practitioner

• A final residency clinical synthesis integrates previous didactic and clinical experiences

• Many of our faculty continue to practice in clinical roles, so they remain up-to-date on clinical issues