Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care

The Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care (AGNP-AC) graduate certificate allows certified advanced practice registered nurses who have graduated with a clinical MSN or DNP from a nationally accredited institution to acquire the nationally specified adult-gerontology acute care content and clinical skills needed to take the national AGNP-AC certification exam and function competently within the acute care scope of practice. It requires satisfactory completion of a minimum of 18 credits of didactic content and clinical practicum.

The certificate provides nurses with essential knowledge and skills to assume acute care roles in myriad settings. Courses focus on integrating advanced health assessment, pathophysiology, and acute clinical care and management. Students will be expected to acquire approximately 500 hours of adults and older adult acute care experience to meet the specialty competencies and the requirements to take the AGNP-AC certification exam.

The certificate must be earned within three years. No transfer credit will be accepted for a graduate certificate. A minimum honor point average of 3.0 must be achieved. All coursework must be completed in accordance with the academic procedures of the college and the Graduate School governing graduate scholarship and degrees.

International applicants must complete the equivalent of a U.S. four-year bachelor's degree, including all state and external/internal examinations required for the degree. Some three-year general degrees (from Canada, India, Pakistan, France, Lebanon, etc.) may not be equivalent to a four-year U.S. bachelor's degree. However, if you have completed an honors degree, additional undergraduate coursework beyond the three-year bachelor's degree, or a graduate degree, you may be considered for admission.

If you are applying to a master's program, your minimum undergraduate GPA must be 2.75 or its equivalent in upper division coursework. If you are applying to a doctoral program, your minimum undergraduate GPA must be 3.0 or its equivalent in upper division coursework.

Submit your transcript(s)

To begin the application review, upload unofficial copies of English-translated international transcripts from all post-secondary educational institutions from which you earned a bachelor's degree or higher, including Mark Sheets, if applicable. If you are admitted, you must submit an official course-by-course academic evaluation of your completed bachelor's degree.

Demonstrate English proficiency 

Non-native speakers of English must demonstrate English proficiency by meeting the minimum requirements. You are required to submit an official qualifying score meeting minimum Graduate School requirements. Send official test scores to Wayne State University Graduate Admissions, using the school code 1898.

To begin the application review, upload an unofficial copy of your English proficiency test score(s). Once admitted, an official test score must be submitted to Graduate Admissions.