ADULT-GERONTOLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONER
The Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner track, a total of 47 credits, prepares nurse practitioners with extensive clinical practice and role preparation for advanced practice in adult-gerontology primary care. Villanova Nursing students work with physicians and nurse practitioner preceptors, and are given access to a wide variety of clinical agencies and practice settings.
Core & Clinical Courses
Villanova's seven core courses prepare students with the foundational knowledge required of all graduate students and are offered online.
Clinical courses must be completed in-person and enable students to build on existing skills, broaden the knowledge base related to Family Primary Care and gain the knowledge and skills essential to independent or collaborative practice in primary care settings.
Clinical Placement
Villanova Nursing secures MSN student clinical placement in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Nurse preceptors will serve as mentors and role models throughout the clinical practice experience. Our graduates are highly respected for their knowledge and expertise and are employed in primary care settings across the country. Graduates also have the option to continue in the DNP program.
Learning Objectives
At completion of this track, graduates will be able to:
- Integrate advanced knowledge and experience in delivering safe, effective quality care of clients in primary care.
- Demonstrate competence in managing the health/ illness status of clients in primary care.
- Advocate within the health care delivery system on behalf of clients in primary care.
- Ensure quality health care for clients in primary care.
- Incorporate an understanding of family systems and dynamics in planning and providing primary health care for clients.
- Demonstrate leadership and competence in implementing the role of the primary care nurse practitioner
- Engage in counseling, communication, collaboration and teaching in a manner that reflects caring, advocacy, ethics and professional standards.
- Conceptualize one's individual role as a primary care nurse practitioner and one's personal philosophy of primary care practice.