Dual Specialty Adult/Geriatric Nurse Practitioner

Program Description

The Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP) Program is designed to prepare nurses to deliver primary care to adults. The Geriatric Nurse Practitioner (GNP) Program prepares nurses to provide primary care to a rapidly growing segment of the population of older adults. The core curriculum provides students with an in-depth understanding of advanced nursing practice and enables them to apply this understanding to a clinical setting. Students elect to combine the ANP and GNP specialties in order to develop expertise in caring for adults and older adults. These combined concentrations provide the educational preparation necessary to pursue leadership positions in clinical practice, research, education, and management. Cross-site adult and geriatric practicums are available.

Graduates are eligible for certification as a nurse practitioner in all states in which certification is required. Graduates are also eligible to take the certification examination offered by the American Nurses Association and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Admission

Please contact the Office of Admissions for details regarding admission and financial aid packages. Faculty review applications on a rolling basis so that students may apply throughout the year. Please note, applications for the Adult/Geriatric Program can only be submitted online.

Admission critieria include:

*RN's with an associate degree and a non-nursing baccalaureate degree are required to complete 5 credits in community health in addition to the course requirement listed

Curriculum

Core Credits
Assessing Clinical Evidence 4
Health and Social Policy: Context for Practice and Research 4
Interpersonal Violence 1
Practice Management 1
10
Sciences
Advanced Physiology 3
Pathophysiology 3
Advanced Pharmacology
 3
Incorporating Genetics into Advanced Nursing Practice
3
  12
Specialty
Intro to Primary Care 3
Advanced Clinical Assessment of Adults
 3
Practicum in Advanced Clinical Assessment of Adults 1
Diagnosis and Management of Illness: Adult I 3
Diagnosis and Management of Illness: Adult II
 3
Practicum in Geriatric Primary Care I
 2
Practicum in Geriatric Primary Care II
 2
Seminar Geriatric Primary Care I 1
Seminar Geriatric Primary Care II 1
Seminar Geriatric Primary Care III 1
Seminar in Adult Primary Care 1
Illness and Aging
 3
Interdisciplinary Approach to Geriatric Assessment and Long-Term Care 2
Advanced Practicum in Geriatric Health 4
Advanced Practicum in Adult Health 4
Residency in Adult/Geriatric Health 1
35
Total Credits 57

School of Nursing

The School of Nursing has paved the way for professional nursing since 1892 and continues to lead the field as the foremost institution for advanced practice nursing.

The School of Nursing is a designated World Health Organization Collaborating Center for International Nursing Development in Advanced Practice. With urban clinical sites, expert faculty practitioners, cutting edge research, and the strength of the Columbia name and reputation, the School of Nursing produces graduates who possess the skills necessary to bring advanced practice nursing into the new millennium. As medical advances offer a cascade of new and useful therapies, the need for more health care providers will increase exponentially. Our country will face many health care challenges in the next 20 years, and nurse practitioners are essential to providing access to quality primary care.

Founded in 1892 as Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, the School became part of Columbia University in 1937 and began offering the baccalaureate degree. It is one of the oldest schools of nursing in the US . In 1956, it became the first nursing program in the country to award a master's degree in a clinical nursing specialty. In 1999, the School granted its first doctoral degree. More than 9,000 nurses have graduated since the School opened.

The School shares the Columbia University Medical Center Campus with the Mailman School of Public Health, the School of Dental and Oral Surgery, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Each of these schools adds to the richness and diversity of the educational experience of students and faculty.

School of Nursing faculty have substantial experience in curriculum, instructional design, and research. They maintain expertise in their areas of teaching responsibility through participation at local, regional, and national conferences, involvement in scholarly presentations and publications, and faculty practice.

Columbia University School of Nursing is distinguished by the clinical excellence of its programs and graduates. Columbia nurses are making crucial contributions and improving the health of individuals wherever they practice.

The above information is current as of 10/07 and is subject to change at any time.