Masters of Science in Nursing, Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner

Coursework for the AGNP Primary Care program is delivered over 24 months. Courses are administered over six semesters, with an average of 3 courses per semester or 5 – 9 credit hours. Excluding practicum rotations, students complete all required courses online in asynchronous format.

Following a virtual program orientation held before the start of the program, students are required to complete 45 total credits of nursing coursework, including 12 credits of Core Master of Science in Nurse courses and 33 credits of AGNP Primary Care concentration courses. Students complete these credits over 15 courses, including practicum rotations totaling 570 hours. Students will take classes over 8-week intensive semesters and 16-week full-length semesters.

Our program requires students to complete 570 practicum hours. All students must complete these hours to graduate from the program successfully. Practicum rotations allow students to apply the skills they’ve learned throughout the program as student advanced practice nurses in a primary care setting. All Students are responsible for securing their own practicum rotations at approved sites. Program faculty and leadership are not responsible for obtaining practicum rotations for students.

The AGNP Primary Care program employs a dedicated clinical coordinator to assist students with approving practicum rotation sites, including proper compliance with State Board of Nursing requirements. View the current list of approved Board of Nursing Authorizations for Preceptor Placements. Due to the intense commitment required to complete practicum rotations, students are encouraged to refrain from maintaining full-time employment while completing them.

Our world-class nursing faculty offers students a distinctive and transformative learning experience. Students and faculty alike engage in collegial and collaborative relationships with one another throughout the program. Students graduate from our program prepared to serve as nursing leaders within their communities by providing high-quality, evidence-based care to all patients.

The University of Providence is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) and the Montana Board of Nursing (MBN). In addition, all baccalaureate and master’s degree programs at the University of Providence are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Graduates of the AGNP Primary Care program will be eligible to apply for certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination upon graduation. Students are also eligible to pursue other examinations as deemed appropriate by certifying bodies.

The University of Providence graduated its first cohort of AGNP Primary Care students in December 2023.  We are happy to announce that this cohort has a 100% pass rate on their certification examinations!

Applicants who wish to be accepted into the program must meet the following requirements:

• Hold an unincumbered registered nurse license.
  • License must be issued in the state the applicant resides in and works in.
• A completed Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.
  • Degree must be issued through an accredited nursing university.
• A cumulative undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 for a BSN degree**
  • Any applicant who does not meet the minimum cumulative GPA requirement of 3.0 or does not have a transcript with an officially calculated GPA may be required to complete a Graduate Record Exam (GRE). The program accepts the following GRE Scores:
    • Verbal: 150 | Quantitative: 149 | Analytics Writing: 3.5

Applications for the Master of Science in Nursing, AGNP Primary Care program are accepted for the fall and spring semesters. All applications must be submitted through the NursingCAS Application on the Graduate Admissions Page:

• NursingCAS Spring 2024 Admissions Deadline: December 20, 2023
• NursingCAS Fall 2024 Admissions Deadline: August 16, 2024

The program’s mission is “to prepare graduates for accountable and professional nursing practice that is relationship-based, vigilant, theory-guided, and grounded in the best possible evidence.”

The program’s mission is supported by a conceptual framework consisting of the following constructs:

Relationship-Based Care

The University of Providence’s Masters of Science in Nursing, Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Degree Completion Program honors the patient and family as the center of the care delivery team. In relationship-based practice, excellent patient care outcomes are achieved through collaborative and sacred relationships among the patient, his or her family, and the healthcare team.

Vigilance

Nursing vigilance is reflected in unwavering attention to both the patient and the care delivery environment. This vigilance protects patients from harm and ensures their safe passage as they journey through the continuum of their care experience.

Professional Accountability

The professional nurse is accountable for nursing outcomes of care delivery by ensuring vigilant care processes, maintaining expertise in practice, and creating healing care environments. The professional nurse is answerable for practice that consistently meets established standards. This accountability includes the steadfast pursuit of opportunities to coach and mentor other members of the inter-professional healthcare team. Nurses are at all times responsible for their own self-care, professional development, and proactive career management.

Change

Constant, complex change is the expected norm and sets the context for contemporary life in health care delivery. Professional nurses thrive in–and are prepared to lead and manage positive change in improving health, with patients, colleagues, and communities.

A graduate of the program will be a leader in healthcare. Graduates will be excellent communicators, clinicians, and leaders of change. A graduate is a lifelong learner and will enhance the nursing profession by providing nursing evidence-based practice that is population-centered, as well as grounded in spiritual, ethical, and compassionate care.

Nursing students at the University of Providence will learn these themes and more:

• Compassion, ethics, and spirituality
• Patient and family-centered care
• Leadership and effective advocacy
• Evidence-based practice
• Population and Community Health
• Transforming healthcare
• Safety and quality outcomes
• Professional accountability
• Collaboration and inter-professional teams
• Reflective practice and lifelong development

AGNP Primary Care students at the University of Providence will achieve these outcomes and more:

1. Integrates findings from the sciences and humanities for the continual improvement of nursing care across diverse settings.
2. Applies knowledge of organizational and system leadership practices.
3. Selects and applies quality improvement strategies to optimize safety and outcomes.
4. Utilizes clinical scholarship as a foundation for practice.
5. Applies technology to enhance care, promote lifelong learning, and facilitate data generation and use.
6. Promotes social justice and human dignity through policy and advocacy.
7. Leads and collaborates in interprofessional teams to improve individual and population health outcomes.

AGNP Primary Care students at the University of Providence will learn these skills and more:

• Nurse Research
• Advanced Assessment
• Develop Diagnosis & Care Plans
• Interprofessional Collaboration With Healthcare Professionals & Patients
• Health Promotion & Preventative Care

AGNP Primary Care students at the University of Providence will learn these themes and more:

• Advocacy for social justice and human dignity
• Inquiry and scholarship
• Optimization of safety, quality, and outcomes
• Innovation
• Leadership

Please view the currently approved Master of Science in Nursing Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Board of Nursing authorization for preceptor placements for the University of Providence:

• Alaska | Preceptor Registration Link: Alaska State Board of Nursing
  • ** Must Submit Specific Board Of Nursing Paperwork
• Arizona | Preceptor Registration Link: Arizona State Board of Nursing
• California | Preceptor Registration Link: California Board of Registered Nursing
• Idaho | Preceptor Registration Link: Idaho Board of Nursing
• Montana | Preceptor Registration Link: Montana Board of Nursing
• Nevada | Preceptor Registration Link: Nevada State Board of Nursing
• Oregon | Preceptor Agreement Link: Oregon Board of Nursing
  • ** Must Submit Specific Board Of Nursing Paperwork
• Washington | Preceptor Registration Link: Washington State Department of Health

** Students in states other than those listed above must work with the University of Providence and the designated State Board of Nursing for appropriate preceptor approval BEFORE rotations begin.

Core Master of Science in Nursing AGNP Courses

• MSN 515: Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (3 Credits)
• MSN 522: Statistics, Research & EBP (3 Credits)
• MSN 530: Social Justice, Law & Policy in Healthcare (3 Credits)
• MSN 540: Organizational Leadership (3 Credits)

Total Core Master of Science in Nursing Courses: 12

Concentration Master of Science in Nursing Courses

• MSN 510: Role of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner Across Diverse Settings (3 Credits)
• MSN 519: Advanced Pathophysiology & Physiology (3 Credits)
• MSN 529: Advanced Pharmacology (3 Credits)
• MSN 575: Advanced Health Assessment (3 Credits)
• MSN 592: Clinical Practicum Seminar (1 Credit)
• MSN 602: Patient Care Management Adolescent & Adult I (3 Credits)
• MSN 603: Patient Care Management Adolescent & Adult II (3 Credits)
• MSN 604: Patient Care Management Geriatrics (3 Credits)
• MSN 620: Patient Care Management Practicum I (4 Credits)
• MSN 630: Patient Care Management Practicum II (4 Credits)
• MSN 655: Transition to Advanced Practice (3 Credit)

Total AGNP Concentration Courses: 33 | Total AGNP Concentration Practicum Hours: 570

** Upon admission to degree candidacy, a student may submit up to six (6) semester credits of appropriate graduate coursework with grades of “B” (3.0) or better from accredited graduate schools to satisfy degree requirements. The Program Coordinator, upon the advice of the Faculty Advisor, may accept transfer credits from an official transcript reflecting those credits. Acceptability of transfer credit rests on its relevance to the course of study being pursued and on the date of the instruction. Coursework older than six (6) years at graduation may not be submitted for transfer credit.

The University of Providence’s AGNP Primary Care program is administered over 24 months, with new cohorts accepted in the fall (August) and spring (January) enrollment periods. Students will enroll in 6 semesters with an average of 3 classes per semester or 5 – 9 average credit hours per semester. Students will complete a total of 45 credits upon graduation. Students also complete 570 practicum hours.

MSN-AGNP Course Layout (Fall Enrollment)

Fall Semester

• MSN 510 – Role of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner Across Diverse Settings (3 Credits)
• MSN 515 – Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (3 Credits)
• MSN 519 – Advanced Pathophysiology (3 Credits)

Spring Semester

• MSN 530 – Social Justice, Law & Policy in Healthcare (3 Credits)
• MSN 529 – Advanced Pharmacology (3 Credits)
• MSN 575- Advanced Health Assessment (6 Credits)

Summer Semester

• MSN 540 – Organizational Leadership (3 Credits)
• MSN 602- Patient Care Management Adolescent & Adult I (3 Credits)

Fall Semester

• MSN 522- Statistics, Research, and EBP (3 Credits)
• MSN 603- Patient Care Management Adolescent & Adult II (3 Credits)

Spring Semester

• MSN 604- Patient Care Management Geriatrics (3 Credits)
• MSN 620- Patient Care Management Practicum I (4 Credits)

Summer Semester

• MSN 630- Patient Care Management Practicum II (4 Credits)
• MSN 655- Transition to Advanced Practice (1 Credit)

**Course listings are designed to demonstrate a ‘sample’ student schedule for an AGNP Primary Care student. Individual student schedules may not reflect the listed order of courses or start time**

Want to learn more about our AGNP Primary Care program? Follow the links below:

• Tuition & Fees at the University of Providence
• Graduate Admissions Information
• Master of Science in Nursing Program Handbook
• How to Apply to the Master of Science in Nursing AGNP Program
• Master of Science in Nursing AGNP Curriculum

At the University of Providence, we have created a platform designed to prepare currently practicing, aspiring nurses to serve as leaders in adult-gerontological primary care. Our dynamic curriculum offers valuable, in-demand courses tailored to meet the current needs of advanced practice nursing care while giving students the tools to become lifelong learners in healthcare. Our graduates will not only meet the needs of the current workforce but will be prepared to lead current and future nurses in providing quality, compassionate care to all patients.

Caregivers can find more information about these benefits on by visiting the Heal The World page.

Caregivers who enroll in our Master of Science in Nursing AGNP Primary Care program can receive discounted tuition rates as part of our ongoing partnership with Providence Health Services and additional employer education benefits now offered through the Guild Education Benefit. These incentives allow eligible caregivers and their dependents more ways to save on higher education. These include:

• Tuition reimbursement of up to $5,250 per calendar year. This reimbursement is available to eligible caregivers at the start of each year and can be applied toward the AGNP program.
• Direct pay through Guild Education helps eligible caregivers cover most up-front program costs. (Caregivers will be able to utilize this benefit starting in the Spring 2024 enrollment period.)

Caregivers can find more information about these benefits on by visiting the Heal The World page.

The University of Providence is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Information can be found on the NWCCU website, and Comments can be directed to the NWCCU staff at the following address:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

8060 165th Avenue NE, Suite 100

Redmond, WA 98052

(425) 558-4224

http://www.nwccu.org/

The baccalaureate and master’s degree programs in nursing at the University of Providence are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, (202) 887-6791.

https://www.ccneaccreditation.org/

The University of Providence is accredited by the Montana Board of Nursing. Information can be found on the Montana Nursing Board website, and Comments can be directed to the Montana Nursing Board staff at the following address:

Montana Board of Nursing

PO Box 200513

Helena, MT 59620-0513

(406) 841-2380

https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/nursing/