Graduates of the program are prepared to assume leadership roles in nursing education, nursing administration, and advanced clinical nursing practice. Within the consortium arrangement, the curriculum encompasses the concept of specialization along the developmental life span of the human being. The adult health major provides students with an opportunity to develop advanced skills and knowledge of adult clients with a variety of complex health care problems, while encouraging diversity in nursing functions and levels of intervention. To prepare the advanced nurse practitioner who continues personal intellectual growth, is committed to lifelong learning, and shares gained knowledge to advance adult health nursing and the nursing profession. To prepare the advanced nurse practitioner who utilizes research and leadership skills to influence health policy and health care delivery to adult members of a diverse cultural society.
Graduates are eligible to sit for national certification exams appropriate to their role specialty.