Overview

Key facts

This specialized MSN is conducted by Drexel University’s nationally ranked College of Nursing and Health Professionals and provides the knowledge and skills needed to meet the specialized needs of this patient base. Acute Care Nurse Practitioners are primarily employed in hospital settings including hospitalist roles, intensive care units and specialty medical and surgical practices.

The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (Online) program of Drexel University places a special emphasis on diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision-making, and is designed to prepare acute care nurses for roles as clinicians, educators, researchers, and leaders in multi-disciplinary healthcare environments.

Clinicals

The nurse practitioner programs in the Department of Advanced Practice Nursing at Drexel University provide you the flexibility of finding and coordinating your own clinical site and preceptor. The department also offers resources to assist you in this process. Accessibility to clinical sites and preceptors varies from state to state, and you may be required to travel to access clinical sites/preceptors and achieve the necessary clinical hours.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments

Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care

Quality and Safety in Healthcare

Research Methods and Biostatistics

Evaluation and Translation of Health Research

Advanced Pathophysiology

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 36 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

57 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Philadelphia, United States

Disciplines

Nursing Gerontology View 96 other Masters in Gerontology in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing from program fully accredited by National League of Nursing (NLN) and/or American Association Colleges of Nursing (AACN.) The accrediting body for NLN is ACEN and the accrediting body for the American Association Colleges of Nursing is CCNE.
Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above from your BSN
Two years of current bedside acute care nursing experience is required. Critical care experience is preferred. Examples of the recommended nursing experience include, but are not limited to: ICU, CCU, ER, trauma and high acuity step down units.
A current, unrestricted United States RN license

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

24662 USD / year

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Out-of-State

24662 USD / year

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In-State

24662 USD / year

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