This specialty program prepares students to be nurse practitioners for patients across the adult years in a primary healthcare setting. Graduates are eligible to apply to the state of California Board of Registered Nursing for certification as a nurse practitioner and may apply for national AGPCNP certification through examination. This advanced clinical practice specialty includes direct patient assessment, diagnosis, management and treatment, client advocacy, client/family education, consultation, and program planning, implementation, evaluation, and research.

Contact the School of Nursing for specific program availability and locations. Prelicensure coursework must be completed prior to beginning advanced practice nursing coursework.

Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Units
Academic Core Courses		10
GNRS 506	Spiritual Concept Analysis in Health Care	3
GNRS and/or GSPH XXX Electives		7
Advanced Practice Core Courses		12
GNRS 513	Advanced Nursing Practice Role	2
GNRS 610	Advanced Pathophysiology	3
GNRS 611	Advanced Pharmacology	3
GNRS 612	Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning 1	4 (3/1)
Advanced Practice Specialty Courses		21 (9/12)
GNRS 600	Nurse Practitioner Clinical Experience 2	12
GNRS 601	Primary Healthcare I: Adult and Aging	3
GNRS 602	Primary Healthcare II: Population-based Health Interventions	3
GNRS 603	Primary Healthcare III: Restorative and Palliative Interventions	3
Other Specialization Course		2
GNRS 580	Gerontology	2
Concluding Course		1
GNRS 597	Comprehensive Examination Directed Study	1
Total Units		46

¹

Units in parentheses are classroom/clinical units.

²

Students may enroll in 2-6 clinical units per semester with faculty approval.

Admission

University graduate admission and program-specific requirements must be met before an application is complete (see Admissions Information). Program-specific application requirements are available online.

International students should contact Graduate and Professional Admissions for application procedures.