Curriculum

NDNP 757 Differential Diagnosis, Decision-making and Treatment in Acute & Critical Illness I (4QH)

NAAC 758 Applied Decision-making and Pharmacologic Treatment in Acute & Critical Illness (4QH)

NAAC 759 Health Promotion for Advanced Practice (2QH)*

NAAC 870 Clinical Residency I (2QH)

NAAC 871 Clinical Residency II (2QH)

NAAC 872 Clinical Residency III & Role Preparation (3QH)

TOTAL QH for the Certificate=15-17

*waived for students with prior equivalent graduate-level Health Promotions course

Didactic Course Waiver or Transfer Credit

“Gap Analysis”-Didactic Course Waiver or Transfer Credit

Upon acceptance to the program, the AGACNP faculty will evaluate all transcripts and educational records from the prior advanced practice nursing educational program for purposes of a gap analysis. Students with evidence of faculty-supervised direct care hours in an acute care setting, completed as part of an advanced practice nursing educational program or its equivalent, may submit that documentation for purposes of meeting the minimum total direct patient care hour requirement of 500 hours in specialty.

Waiver/Transfer Credit

Applicants who have completed a comparable graduate-level course (with a grade no less than “B”) may request a course waiver for NAAC 759 Health Promotion for Advanced Practice. To be eligible for consideration of a waiver for this course, the following conditions must be met:

• Students wishing to obtain approval for a course waiver must submit their request after acceptance to the program, and before matriculation; requests can be routed first to the Administrative Director for the Department of Nurse Anesthesia and Acute Care.
• Transfer credit must be at the graduate level and completed at a fully accredited institution of higher education.
• Students must submit a full syllabus and official transcript for the course(s) they are requesting to transfer. In each course, students must have obtained a final course grade of “B” or higher as verified by the transcript.
• The course director (for the course for which transfer credit is being requested) will review all documents to determine if the course is at the graduate level, is comparable in content and rigor to the DNP offering at RFU, and if the student received a grade of no less than “B”.
• If the course director approves the proposed course(s) for transfer, the forms are then submitted to the Program Director for final review and approval.