Overview

Upon completion of the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (Certificate NDP) specialty at The University of Arizona you will be eligible to take an AGACNP national board certification examination. To qualify for entry into the AGACNP Graduate Certificate program, you must have a degree in nursing as an advanced practice nurse and experience in an acute care setting. The program requires a minimum of 30 credits and 540 clinical hours.

College of Nursing

The College of Nursing at the University of Arizona offers a variety of programs at the graduate level. Programs are available for students pursuing a first degree in nursing, as well as students interested in advancing in the professional as leaders, advanced practice nurses, and nurse researchers. Please visit the College of Nursing's website for detailed information about our college, faculty and programs.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Health Assessment

Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology

Pharmacology in Acute Care

Adult-Gerontology Diagnosis & Management of Chronic & Acute Illness

Cardiac Rhythm Analysis & Interventions

Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 18 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-08-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-03-01 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

7

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PTE Academic

53

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TOEFL^® IBT

79

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Nursing Gerontology View 76 other Masters in Gerontology in United States

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

7

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PTE Academic

53

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TOEFL^® IBT

79

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Other requirements

General requirements

Students are required to attend Resident Intensive Summer Experience (RISE) once during their post masters certificate program. In addition to RISE attendance requirements, post masters certificate students must participate in practice intensives at the College of Nursing.

FNP, PNP, and PMHNP students must have a clinical rotation with at least one NP preceptor during their program of study; students may not exclusively precept with MDs/DOs.

Tuition Fee

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International

21060 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1053 USD per credit during 18 months.
National

21060 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1053 USD per credit during 18 months.

Funding

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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