Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency Nursing: A Blended Clinical Nurse Specialist and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Overview

This specialty prepares nurse clinicians to provide advanced nursing care across the continuum of acute care services. The specialty incorporates coursework, laboratory, and clinical experiences in a variety of acute care settings. Graduates are eligible to sit for the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner examination offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Graduates are also eligible to take the Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist certification examination offered by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Web-based courses may be available. Full-time, part-time, and post-master's options are available.

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Sample Plan of Study

Sample Plan of Full-Time Study

Post-Master's Option

This post-master’s specialty prepares nurse clinicians to provide advanced nursing care across the continuum of acute care services. The specialty incorporates coursework, laboratory, and clinical experiences in a variety of acute care settings. Graduates are eligible to sit for the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner examination offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). Graduates are also eligible to sit for the Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist certification examination offered by the AACN. Web-based courses may be available. 

Sample Plan of Full-Time Study

*These courses may be waived based on evidence of successful completion of similar master’s courses.

Faculty

Specialty Director:

Valerie K. Sabol, PhD, ACNP-BC, Assistant Professor
E-mail: Sabol@son.umaryland.edu

Faculty:

Tonya Appleby, RN, MS, Clinical Instructor
Kay Blum, PhD, RN, Visiting Assistant Professor
Erin DeSalvo, RN, MS, Clinical Instructor
Jocelyn Farrar, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN, Assistant Professor
Karen Johnson, PhD, RN, CCRN, Associate Professor
Patricia Morton, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, Professor
Deborah Schofield, DNP, CRNP, Assistant Professor
Kathryn VonRueden, RN, MS, FCCM, Assistant Professor

Other Resources

• For Admission Requirements Visit the MS Degree Program Page »