University of Hawai'i at Manoa - School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene

The dual Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner program prepares students to provide comprehensive primary care services to adult and elderly patients in a variety of community and long-term care settings.  This program prepares students to take both certification exams upon graduation by requiring additional electives and gerontological clinical course credits in addition to the Adult Nurse Practitioner program.

Curriculum
 

Fall

• Nursing Research and Theory NURS 620 (3 cr)
• Health Promotion and Disease Prevention NURS 605 (3 cr)
• Gerontology Elective (3 cr)

Spring

• Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning NURS 612 (2 cr)
• Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning Lab NURS 612L (1 cr)
• Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice NURS 613 (3 cr)
• Advanced Practice Nursing Roles NURS 625 (3 cr)

Summer

• Pharmacology for Nurses in Advanced Practice NURS 629 (3 cr)
• Advanced Practice Clinical NURS 675 (var 1-5 cr)

Fall

• Health Policy NURS 609 (3 cr)
• Acute and Episodic Care Management NURS 621 (3 cr)
• Women’s Health: Promotion and Maintenance NURS 635 (3 cr)
• Advanced Practice Clinical NURS 675 (var 1-5 cr)

Spring

• Chronic Illness Management NURS 640 (3 cr)
• Successful Aging: Physiologic NURS 695 (3 cr)
• Advanced Practice Clinical NURS 675 (var 1-5 cr)
• Clinical Skills and Critical Decision Making in Advanced Nursing Practice NURS 615 (1 cr)

Summer

• Advanced Practice Clinical NURS 675 capstone (var)

Total Credits: 53

Note:  16 clinical credits (720 hours are required for graduation.  1 credit of NURS 675 = 45 clinical hours) and at least 4 of those credits must be in long-term care setting.

Admission Requirements

Contact Us
 

Office of Student Services
School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene
Phone: (808) 956-8939
Email: nursing@hawaii.edu
www.nursing.hawaii.edu

Anne Leake, PhD, APRN-Rx
Assistant Professor
Program Director, Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
aleake@hawaii.edu