Adult-Gerontology Acute Care CNS + NP
Preparing students to be advanced practice nurses providing care to acute and chronically ill adults and as champions who use evidence-based practice and mentoring to improve units, systems, and patient outcomes.
Students in the dual Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist + Nurse Practitioner track complete all requirements of the AGACNP and AGCNS tracks and emerge from the program prepared for the wide-ranging challenges and opportunities of a profession as both team and unit leaders who mentor others and use evidence-based change to drive practice and as expert clinicians and caregivers in whatever healthcare environment they choose.
- full-time program only
- rich preparation for and eligibility to take the adult-gerontology acute care CNS certification exam administered by AACN or ANCC and the adult-gerontology acute care NP certification exam administered by AACN or ANCC
- Available only as as master's or as a specialty area for students enrolled in the BSN to DNP pathway program
- Clinical experiences and faculty affiliations at UVA Health and beyond
- Experience in the School's INASCL-endorsed clinical simulation learning center
- Guaranteed admission for UVA School of Nursing alumni
- Application deadline: January 5
The dual track plan of study is a demanding curriculum with implications for licensure, certification and credentialing in one’s career as an advanced practice nurse. Successful dual track students typically do not work concurrently. Students who seek a dual AGAC CNS + NP are required to talk with the director of advanced practice about suitability and alignment with their personal goals.
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Admission to the School of Nursing is competitive and based on evaluation of all portions of the application. To be considered for all UVA School of Nursing's MSN programs, applicants must submit a completed application and:
- Have a baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) from a nationally accredited school
- Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in undergraduate study
- Be licensed as a registered nurse in the US and be eligible for a RN license in Virginia. All matriculating students who are not active-duty military nurses must have a Virginia RN license before the first day of classes
- Submit a total of three satisfactory recommendations (academic, professional, and clinical), one of which should be from an APRN
- Submit a resume or CV
- Pay an $85 application fee
- Be available for an interview, if requested
- International applicants have additional admissions requirements
Please note that the GRE is no longer necessary for applicants.
RN experience:
- Applicants to the advanced practice programs (CNS and NP) must have at least one year of full-time RN experience before entering the program. A minimum of one year of full-time, relevant clinical nursing experience is necessary before enrolling in GNUR 6020 (Advanced Pharmacology), GNUR 6025 (Advanced Health Assessment), and the clinical practica.
- Applicants to the NNP track must have at least two years of full-time clinical practice experience (within the last five years) as an RN in the care of critically ill neonates or infants in critical care inpatient settings, typically in a NICU. This experience is mandatory.
A competitive applicant has:
- a BSN GPA of 3.25 or higher
- More than one year of relevant, full-time RN experience
- Active member of a national nursing organization (preferably in applicant’s practice area)
- Exhibiting leadership behaviors in a nursing practice setting (mentoring other nurses, participating in unit or hospital-based leadership teams, engaged in practice change and evidence-based practice projects)
- Possess a clinical certification, or on pathway to obtaining one or more certifications
- Excellent writing skills
Nurses across the School's advanced practice specialty areas, including its MSN specialties, post-master's certificates, and DNP program pathways, earn clinical hours with qualified, highly-experienced mentor nurses, at sites across the Charlottesville-Albemarle area, central Virginia, the commonwealth, and the mid-Atlantic region, at sites including:
- Addiction Allies, LLC
- Bon Secours Blackstone Family Practice
- Bon Secours Patterson Avenue Family Practice
- Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital
- Capitol Pediatrics, PC
- Carilion Clinic Family Medicine - Brambleton
- Carilion Roanoke Memorial (Clinic & Hospitalists)
- Charlottesville Integrated Psychiatry, LLC
- Children's Hospital a.k.a. CNMC
- CVHS - Buckingham
- CVHS - Southern Albemarle
- Family Medicine of Albemarle
- Inova Fairfax Hospital - Inova Health System
- Inova Health System
- KidMed Urgent Care
- Mental Fitness Matters, PLLC
- Old Dominion University Student Health Services
- Planned Parenthood
- Raphine Medical Associates
- Revolution Healthcare LLC
- Sentara Cardiology Specialists
- Sentara Family & Internal Med Physicians - Hampton
- Sentara Family Medicine - Virginia Beach
- Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital
- Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
- Sentara Obici Hospital
- The Pediatric Center - VCC Main Office
- UNC Medical Center (Neurosciences Hospital)
- UVA Child and Family Psychiatry
- UVA Child Development & Rehabilitation (was KCRC)
- UVA Children's Hospital
- UVA Developmental Pediatrics Clinic
- UVA Family Medicine Stoney Creek
- UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center
- UVA Heart and Vascular Center Fontaine
- UVA HIV Clinic
- UVA Infectious Diseases Clinic
- UVA Medical Center
- UVA Memory and Aging Care Clinic
- UVA Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Clinic
- UVA Midlife & Gynecologic Specialties Northridge
- UVA OB/GYN Outpatient Clinic
- UVA Pediatric Hematology/Oncology(Battle Building)
- UVA Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy Clinic
- UVA Primary Care Locust Grove
- UVA Primary Care Riverside
- UVA School of Nursing Clinical Simulation Learning Center (CSLC)
- UVA Student Health and Wellness Center
- UVA Teen and Young Adult Health Center
- UVA Transplant Center
- UVA University Medical Associates (UMA) Clinic
- VCU CHoR - Hematology and Oncology Clinic
- VCU Student Health Services
- VCU Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
- Veterans Affairs, Richmond, VA (McGuire)
- Virginia Hospital Center Arlington Health System
- Virginia Skin Medical and Cosmetic Dermatology
Advanced Practice (MSN & DNP) Zoom Info Sessions
APRN Zoom Info Session on Nov 20 at 5:30pm
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