Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College offers the Master of Science in Nursing Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration for BSN-prepared registered nurses interested in pursuing advanced nursing roles focusing on caring for critically ill and injured patients.
The Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program uniquely prepares students to assume the complex and evolving professional roles of independent practitioners in intensive care units and other acute care environments.
Clinical experiences emphasize gaining competence as a practitioner in the critical care environment, with additional focus in the urgent care and long term acute care areas at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Students also become proficient in invasive procedures and skills commonly utilized in acute and critical care, as well as in the business aspect of nurse practitioner practice.
They work side by side with an experienced group of acute care nurse practitioners, other advanced practice nurses, and Washington University critical care and emergency medicine physicians.
A 23-credit hour post-master’s certificate is also available for licensed nurse practitioners who want to become certified in acute care.
Graduates of the Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration will be eligible to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) certification exam to become certified in the field.