Our faculty members are active practitioners who bring the latest practices in adult-gerontology primary care into the classroom. In addition, they're helping to shape the future of health care through their research and scholarship. The small size of our School of Nursing programs ensures you'll receive personalized attention from all your professors.

• Kathy Hall (specialty coordinator)
• Antonia Makosky (specialty coordinator)
• Sara Smoller

Adult-gerontology primary care NPs can work in a range of settings, including:

• Primary care office-based clinics
• Primary care clinics affiliated with hospitals or community health centers
• Specialty practices (e.g. neurology, infectious disease, oncology, orthopaedics)
• Geriatric settings (e.g. long-term care centers, acute rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities)
• Palliative care settings
• College health settings, travel health clinics

A Path to Board Certification

Program graduates are eligible to take the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner certification examination from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. In 2015, 96 percent of our graduates passed the ANCC exam.