The University of Miami is located at the crossroads of the Caribbean and the Americas in tropical Miami-Dade County, Florida. This location provides a unique multicultural environment in which to study and practice. The program benefits from its relationship with the University of Miami’s UHealth System and Jackson Health System, both recognized as major international academic health systems, and many other clinical partnerships across South Florida. Clinical instruction is taught by highly skilled faculty in a variety of settings.
The settings in which the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner delivers care may include nurse managed and community health centers and clinics, private medical practices, specialty clinics, Veteran’s Administration facilities, home care, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities and other long-term care settings, acute and chronic rehabilitation centers, and urgent care departments. In many cases, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioners follow their patients across care settings to maintain quality and safety during care transitions.
Graduates are eligible for the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner certification exam given by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
- Students complete a total of 68 credits in either two years or four years of study; opportunities for financial assistance are available.
- Both full-time and part-time options start each Fall semester. Students are encouraged to participate in an online Advanced Practice Preparation (APP) prior to starting classes to prepare for graduate level studies.
- Courses are taught by the University of Miami’s prestigious faculty who focus on evidence-based and patient-centered practices.
- AGPCNP DNP students complete a minimum of 1,000 hours in clinical and practice immersion experiences during their education, with clinical rotations occurring at various clinical site from academic teaching centers to community practice sites that serve South Florida’s multicultural and diverse population.
- Students’ clinical experiences include a variety of community health centers and clinics, private medical practices, specialty clinics, Veteran’s Administration facilities, home care, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities and other long-term care settings, acute and chronic rehabilitation centers, and urgent care departments.
- Students participate in the management of acute and chronic primary health care problems in adult patients, which includes adolescents, young to middle-age adults, and older adults age 65 and older.
- Program graduates are eligible for certification as an Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner.
The goals of the program are to prepare nursing leaders able to:
- Integrate knowledge, theories, and concepts from the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, and organization sciences to develop ethical health care systems and new frontiers for nursing practice which assist with the resolution of health care disparities.
- Evaluate research methods and findings to create an evidence base for nursing practice and health care delivery systems that are best practices and alleviate health care disparities.
- Synthesize knowledge gained from traditional and innovative learning methods to lead quality, cost effective health care collaborations addressing health care disparities.
- Demonstrate expert clinical judgement and knowledge of health care systems to design, deliver, and evaluate evidence-based care interventions to reduce health care disparities.
- Model expert nursing practice and serve as a leader and mentor in assisting other nursing colleagues to achieve expert nursing practice.
- Employ knowledge of health care policy and economics to develop and evaluate programs to address health care disparities.
Accreditation
The DNP Program at the University of Miami School of Nursing & Health Studies is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.
