Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Deepen your clinical scope with population-specific expertise in adult and older-adult primary care. Molloy University’s Post-Master’s Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate is built for practicing NPs who want to expand their certification with targeted AGPCNP coursework, focused diagnostic preparation, and structured clinical support. The part-time hybrid format blends online learning with in-person simulation and assessment labs. You gain the preparation required for national adult-gerontology primary care NP certification and the skills to manage complex, chronic, and aging-related health needs across diverse practice settings.
About the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate
This post-master’s AGPCNP certificate builds on your existing NP foundation and focuses exclusively on competencies required to care for adolescents (13+) through older adults. Rather than emphasizing introductory NP role development, the curriculum deepens your capacity for advanced physical assessment, diagnostic stewardship, and long-term management of age-related and chronic conditions.
Each practicum includes structured simulation experiences in Molloy’s graduate and pelvic-training labs. These sessions allow you to sharpen nuanced exam skills, strengthen differential reasoning, and practice AGPCNP-specific interventions in a controlled, high-tech environment.
Faculty bring insights from specialties such as primary care, oncology, orthopedics, cardiology, and community health. Their experience helps you understand the evolving landscape of adult and older-adult care as you prepare for national AGPCNP certification through AANP or ANCC.
With a typical completion time of 1.5–2 years, small cohorts, and individualized clinical advisement, this certificate supports practicing NPs who want a streamlined, academically rigorous pathway to expanded certification.
Benefits of Molloy’s Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP Certificate
A Population Expansion Designed for Practicing NPs
This certificate recognizes the advanced competencies you already possess as a master’s-prepared NP. Rather than revisiting foundational role development, the curriculum concentrates on helping you integrate gerontology-specific assessment, diagnostic interpretation, and chronic disease management into your existing practice.
Efficient Pathway to Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP Certification
Your prior graduate coursework helps streamline your progression, allowing you to focus on the AGPCNP content required for certification through ANCC or AANP. The part-time structure is intentionally built around the realities of active NP schedules.
Clinical Guidance Centered on Specialty Transition
Whether you're shifting from FNP, PNP, ACNP, or another specialty, faculty advisement and placement support help you connect your current expertise to adult-gerontology care. Clinical experiences are selected to strengthen the areas most relevant to your new population focus.
Advanced Simulation for Experienced Clinicians
Simulation is used not to teach basic skills but to refine higher-level physical assessment, differential development, and decision-making in aging and medically complex adults. These targeted encounters strengthen your readiness for expanded scope.
Careers For Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP Certificate Holders
Adding an adult-gerontology primary care NP certificate broadens your ability to diagnose, manage, and coordinate care for adolescents through older adults across a wide range of settings. After completing the program and passing national AGPCNP certification exams, graduates move into roles emphasizing chronic disease management, preventive care, and long-term treatment planning.
Career paths commonly include:
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Clinical leadership, education, or research roles within health systems
- Community and mobile health NP serving aging populations
- NP roles in chronic disease management, transitional care, and interdisciplinary teams
- Primary care NP in outpatient clinics or multi-specialty practices
- Specialty NP in cardiology, oncology, GI, orthopedics, hematology, and chronic-care programs
Employers consistently recruit Molloy AGPCNP graduates for their strong diagnostic training, simulation experience, and readiness to manage complex adult-care needs. With the certification exam pass rate exceeding 95%, Molloy prepares practicing NPs to enter the adult-gerontology space with advanced capability and confidence.
Experiential Learning
Experiential learning in the AGPCNP certificate is designed to support seasoned NPs as they refine and expand their clinical reach. Simulation-embedded practicums and focused diagnostic skill labs emphasize adult-gerontology–-specific assessment patterns, chronic disease trajectories, and complex care management.
For clinicians seeking broader population or cultural perspectives, optional global and community- health experiences—such as the Jamaica Medical Mission, Community Care Mobile Clinic, and international nursing education initiatives—offer opportunities to examine aging and adult- health disparities across diverse healthcare environments. These experiences deepen your understanding of adult-gerontology practice beyond traditional settings and enrich your transition into a new specialty focus.
Course & Curriculum Overview
The AGPCNP post-master’s curriculum focuses on advanced assessment, diagnostic reasoning, therapeutic decision-making, and adult- health management. Three progressive primary care practicums, combined with simulation, provide structured opportunities to apply new competencies. Electives such as advanced stroke care, EKG interpretation, and health disparity allow you to tailor the certificate to your specialty interests.
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Move Your Practice Forward
Enhance your scope and deepen your impact on adult and older-adult care. Begin your AGPCNP certification journey at Molloy.