The faculty in the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) Program will review any requests for course waiver, or transfer of credit from other institutions, on a case-by-case basis.

Waiver/Transfer Credit

Five (5) specific courses (total of 16 QH) within the DNP-AGACNP curriculum are eligible for transfer credit (course waiver): a) NDNP 725 Advanced Health Assessment; b) NDNP 752 Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nursing; c) NDNP 753 Advanced Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing; d) NDNP 912 Leadership, Quality/Safety & Outcomes Management; and e) NAAC 759 Health Promotions for Advanced Practice. To be eligible for consideration of a waiver for these courses, the following conditions must be met:

• Students wishing to obtain approval for a course waiver must submit their request after acceptance to the program, and before matriculation; requests can be routed first to the Administrative Director for the Department of Nurse Anesthesia and Acute Care.
• Transfer credit must be at the graduate level, delivered as a course toward an advanced nursing degree (not as part of an entry into nursing practice program), and completed at a fully accredited institution of higher education.
• In addition to all other requirements outlined in this section, students seeking transfer credit for NDNP 725 Advanced Health Assessment will be required to successfully demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive patient history and physical examination.
• Students must submit a full syllabus and official transcript for the course(s) they are requesting to transfer. In each course, students must have obtained a final course grade of “B” or higher as verified by the transcript.
• The course director (for the course for which transfer credit is being requested) will review all documents to determine if the course is at the graduate level, is comparable in content and rigor to the DNP offering at Βι¶ΉΤ­΄΄, and if the student received a grade of no less than “B”.
• If the course director approves the proposed course(s) for transfer, the forms are then submitted to the Program Director and/or Department Chair for final review and approval.