Overview
Online Format
- Major: Adult Gerontology - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Degree: Doctor of Nursing Practice
- School/College: Nursing
Program Website
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Deadlines
Summer Application Deadlines
Early: September 1
Priority: November 1
Final: February 1
Required Documents
- Minimum GPA of 3.0 (from all earned degrees)
- Transcripts from all Colleges/Universities (regardless of number of credits earned)
- 3 Letters of Recommendation (from a doctorally prepared registered nurse or physician)
- Personal Goal Statement: respond to prompt included in application
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae
- Current Unencumbered RN Licensure in State of Practice
- ACLS & BLS certification
- Verification of Work Hours form (confirming you have at least 2400 hours within the past 24 months)
Applications Accepted for These Semesters...
- Summer Semester
A Note from the Program
The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner DNP is a practice degree designed to prepare nurses as clinical practitioners/scholars to assume advanced practice clinical roles. The curricular plan is designed for the student who has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.). The degree prepares graduates to provide direct patient management in acute and complex care settings as well as population based and application science to improve patient outcomes. Graduates are employed in a variety of acute care settings ranging from critical care, trauma, cardiology, pulmonary, nephrology, gastroenterology, and surgery.
This curriculum prepares nurses to sit for the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner national certification.
This online program is available in states whose licensing boards approve distance learning. While the majority of students are from SC and surrounding states, the USC College of Nursing is not currently authorized to provide this program in all states. Please refer to our State Authorization website for a list of all available states.