Academic Guides: Nursing Field Experience: 6560 (AGAC)

MSN Program Outcomes

AGACNP Clinical Checklist
Review the clinical checklist for your specialization for a list of skills and procedures you will learn during your practicum courses.

PRAC 6560: Advanced Care of Adults in Acute Settings III Practicum
Types of Patients: Ages 13 and older with acute, critical, or significant exacerbation of preexisting disease states
Types of Services: Assessment and management of acute or critical disease states which may require airway management, pulmonary support, cardiovascular intervention, intravenous medication management, infection disease intervention, renal intervention, neurologic/neurosurgical management, or abdominal pathology management
Possible Preceptor Choices: ACNP, AGACNP, ANP, AGPCNP, MD, DO, PA, intensivist, or hospitalist
Unacceptable Preceptor Choices: CNS, FNP
Possible Site Choices: Acute care hospital setting, critical care units, EDs
Note: The following in-hospital specialty rotations will be considered based on the services provided: Cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, infectious disease, nephrology (excluding dialysis units), neurology/neurosurgery, pulmonology, surgery, transplant, and trauma
Nonacceptable Sites: Dialysis units, palliative care units, Cancer Centers of America, urgent care, outpatient clinics, and family practice clinics/offices or retail health clinics
Requirements: 160 hours; minimum 80 patients
Preceptorship Prescreen Checklist

May be taken first or second.
NRNP 6540 may be taken concurrently only with NRNP 6566, but not with a PRAC course.
See “Double Practicum Policy” for PRAC.

May be taken first or second.
NRNP 6566 may be taken concurrently only with NRNP 6540, but not with a PRAC course.
See “Double Practicum Policy” for PRAC.