Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Overview

The Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) Program from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University prepares nurses for advanced practice with young adults, adults, and older adults in primary care.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Synthesize knowledge from the sciences, humanities, best evidence and nursing to support advanced practice nursing.
• Utilize leadership skills to foster collaboration, change, and advocacy to influence advanced practice nursing and improve health care.
• Use best available evidence to implement initiatives to continuously improve quality and safety in health care.
• Integrate evidence, clinical guidelines, and clinical investigative skills to guide advanced practice nursing and improve health outcomes.
• Utilize appropriate technologies and information literacy skills to optimize health outcomes in advanced practice nursing.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the development, analysis, and evaluation of health policies and health care affecting advanced practice nursing and health outcomes.
• Analyze complex health systems to improve the delivery of care and patient outcomes.
• Apply ethical principles in decision-making to achieve sound solutions to issues related to individuals, populations and systems of care.
• Demonstrate accountability and responsibility for patientcentered care and professional development.
• Provide competent evidence-based advance practice nursing care within a primary care setting to diverse individuals, families and groups and manage heath and illness for adults across the life span.