Nurse Practitioner Major
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
The Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) is prepared to function as generalist, principal provider of care for adults with common episodic and chronic health problems across the continuum of acute care services. The ACNP concentration includes sub-specialties in selected clinical emphases: cardiopulmonary, critical care, oncology, trauma & emergency preparedness, or directed study. The directed study allows the students to design a course around a particular area of interest (i.e., internal medicine, general surgery). The ACNP is prepared to assume responsibility for promoting, maintaining and restoring health to adults who are acutely or critically ill. ACNP's also participate in research and provide leadership in mobilizing health services.
Adult Nurse Practitioner
The Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP) is prepared as a generalist, principal provider of primary health care to adults. In this clinician role, the ANP assumes responsibility for promoting, maintaining, and restoring health, including the identification of health risks, the promotion of wellness, and the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic illness.
Family Nurse Practitioner
The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) is prepared as a generalist, principal provider of primary health care. In this clinician role, the FNP assumes responsibility for promoting, maintaining, and restoring health to individuals across the life span. FNPs also identify health risks, promote wellness, and diagnose and manage acute and chronic illness.
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) is prepared to manage the health care of high-risk infants, their families and children up to 2 years of age. This expanded role is performed in collaboration with neonatologists and other pediatric clinicians. The curriculum enables its graduates to assume leadership roles as practitioners in a variety of clinical settings including intensive care nurseries of various levels, newborn nurseries and high-risk follow-up clinics. Students are also prepared to participate in research.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) is prepared as a primary care provider of health care to children and adolescents. The purpose of the curriculum is to provide students with course work and clinical experiences related to health promotion, child development, developmental and health assessment, and the management of well, acutely ill, and chronically ill children and adolescents in ambulatory and subspecialty settings.
Psychiatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
The Psychiatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (PPCNP) is prepared as a principal provider of primary health care who manages the care of adult psychiatric clients in a variety of settings on both an episodic and continuous basis.