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HOME The Department of Acute/Tertiary Care is comprised of faculty whose expertise focuses on care delivered in acute and critical care settings. This department provides courses in medical-surgical nursing taught in the undergraduate nursing program and four Master's level programs. These include the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) Program, the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Program, the Nurse Anesthesia Program (NAP), and the Nursing Administration Program (Nursing Leadership) (CNL).
Emphasis in the Doctoral Program in the Department of Acute/Tertiary care is on critical care. Department faculty are engaged in active programs of research in the several areas indicated below:
The Acute
Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) Program prepares graduates to provide
direct continuous and comprehensive advanced nursing care across the
continuum of acute care services using a collaborative mode. Since
it's beginning in 1993, the ACNP Program has become a nationally recognized
leader in ACNP education.
The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Program prepares graduates to function as expert providers of nursing care, developers and managers of population-based programs of care, change agents in advancing nursing practice, clinical outcomes managers who produce quality, cost-effective outcomes, and developers of research utilization projects to test innovative practices.
The Nurse Anesthesia Program (NAP) prepares entry-level practitioners in the exciting field of anesthesia. Through an integrated program of classroom instruction and clinical practice, students have the opportunity to apply nursing and anesthesia theory to the administration of state-of-the art anesthesia techniques. Currently, the NAP is ranked second nationally among all nurse anesthesia programs by US News and Word Report - March, 1998, 1999, & 2000.
Updated: February 8, 2007 Email: cmh1@pitt.edu |
