The Emergency Nurse Practitioner program prepares nurses to provide
health care in emergency settings-evaluating, managing, treating and
preventing unexpected illness and injury. In addition, graduates are
prepared to provide health care to patients presenting to emergency
settings for primary health care needs... <Program of Study>
Clinical
Sites
Unique Highlights
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Emergency departments of:
Grady Memorial Hospital
Emory University Hospital
Crawford Long Hospital
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Interdisciplinary learning experiences with medical students, physician assistants, and emergency residents
Specific courses focused on learning to perform clinical procedures
State-of-the-art clinical skills laboratory
Clinical experiences in a Level I Regional Trauma Center
Timely classroom instruction including topics such as forensic issues in emergency settings, disaster preparedness and responses to bioterrorism
Multiple opportunities for graduates exist in emergency
departments and urgent care centers. Certification is available as
Family Nurse Practitioner from the American Nursing Credentialing
Center or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Instructor; Interim Program Director for Emergency Nurse Practitioner Program
Areas of Research and Scholarship:
Primary and secondary prevention of STD and HIV for women and adolescents. Primary and secondary adolescent pregnancy prevention.
"We are hearing from many nurse practitioners working in emergency settings who tell us that this is exactly the type of program they wish they could have taken in graduate school."
For more information about the programs of Emory University
For more information
about the programs of
Emory University’s
Nell Hodgson Woodruff
School of Nursing
contact the
Office of Admission and Student Services:
Grady Memorial Hospital
