Adult-Gero Health and Illness Nurse Practitioner

Adult-Gero Health and Illness (AGHI) Nurse Practitioners provide direct patient care in a primary care setting. They can diagnose and treat adolescents and adults with common illnesses or injuries. They also are involved in education, research, and legislative activities to promote quality health care. Graduates are eligible for certification as Adult-Gero Nurse Practitioners.

Advanced practice nursing

The primary goal of the AGHI Nurse Practitioner specialty track is to prepare graduates for advanced practice nursing in a variety of clinical settings ranging from private practices, clinics, hospitals, and businesses to managed care organizations and governmental agencies. Coursework, clinical experience, and research allow our students to acquire the knowledge, values, and skills necessary for advanced practice nursing roles. Graduates of the specialty are eligible for certification as adult-gerontology nurse practitioners in primary care.
Our specialty track meets the nurse practitioner curriculum guidelines of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. To date, the pass rate of our graduates is significantly higher than the national pass rate on the certification examination.

Core Adult-Gero Health and Illness faculty

Gerene Bauldoff, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director

Karen Ahijevych, PhD,RN, FAAN

Susan Bowman-Burpee, MS, RN, APRN-BC, Lead Clinical Faculty

Linda Daley, PhD, RN

Jodi McDaniel, PhD, RN

Mary Alice Momeyer, DNP, RN, APRN-BC

LeeAnn Ruess, MS, RN, APRN-BC

Essential skills

Our Adult-Gero Health and Illness NP graduates enter the workforce with the skills and competencies to:

assume an advanced practice role
put theory and research into practice with individuals and families
develop, implement, and assess nursing strategies to assure quality of care
utilize leadership skills for positive change in policies at the local, regional, and
national level
adapt professionally to the constantly changing health care environment
contribute to the advancement of the profession

Core curriculum

Nursing 7400 Leadership in Advanced Nursing
Nursing 7410 Advanced Health Assessment
Nursing 7440 Scientific Thought in Nursing
Nursing 7450 Pathophysiology of Altered Health States
Nursing 7470 Advanced Pharmacology in Nursing
Nursing 7480 Quality Improvement in Advanced Nursing Care
Nursing 7490 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Nursing 7500 Nursing in the American Health Care System
Nursing 7520 Graduate Nursing Informatics
Nursing 7780 Evidence Based Nursing Scholarship

NP Clinical experience
Our NP specialty track provides preceptors in a wide variety of geographic locations and clinical sites throughout central Ohio. Students work with nurse practitioners, family practice, and internal medicine physicians in ambulatory primary care and inpatient settings. Clinical experience provides the precepted hours necessary for certification as an Adult-Gero Health and Illness nurse practitioner.

Clinical course work includes:

Adult-Gero Nurse Advanced Practice specialty course

Nursing 7228.01 Adult Nursing Clinical Practicum

Adult-Gero Nurse Advanced Practice specialty course

Nursing 7228.02 Adult-Gero NP Clinical Practicum

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Admissions & program information

Traditional Master of Science option
Graduate Entry option

Post-Master’s study option

Applicants must apply directly to the College of Nursing for admission to the Post-Master's option.
For further information about the post-master's option, click here.

For further information about the Adult Nurse Practitioner, contact:

The Ohio State University
College of Nursing
Graduate Outreach and Admissions
1585 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1289

Call (614) 688-8145
E-mail nursing@osu.edu

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