* Pictured above: 2020 Atrium Health Teal Acorn Award APP Academician of the Year, Leslie Beth "LB" Sossoman, shown with Scott Rissmiller, MD (left) and Ken Haynes, Enterprise EVP (right).
Atrium Health and the University of North Carolina Charlotte are partnering to offer the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) program, an accredited, clinically focused, campus-based graduate nursing program designed to prepare advanced practice nurses for the changing healthcare workforce.
The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program, a 47-credit-hour master's degree program, readies graduates for inpatient/outpatient acute care settings and specialty practices. Students will learn how to manage patients ranging from adolescence to older adulthood who have complex acute and/or chronic health problems.
The program focuses on a theoretical foundation and evidence-based clinical practice with particular attention to pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, critical decision making, patient management, advanced technical skills and promoting physical and psychological well-being.
Atrium Health's board-certified physicians and nurse practitioners make the System a prime resource for the clinical experience. Our exceptional healthcare providers offer individual attention to students in a variety of clinical settings, including:
Graduates of the AGACNP program will be prepared to sit for national certification from either the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN).
The Post Master's Certificate for the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program consists of coursework and clinical experiences totaling approximately 20 graduate credit hours. This program is ideal for actively practicing nurse practitioners who want to obtain board certification as an AGACNP. While graduate admissions criteria state that applicants for the Post Master's Certificate in AGACNP are required to have completed Advanced Pathophysiology, Health Assessment and Advanced Pharmacology within the last five years, transcripts of actively practicing nurse practitioners board certified as Adult (Adult-Gerontology Primary Care), Family, Psychiatric or Pediatric will be assessed in terms of admission requirements by the UNCC Graduate Admissions Committee. All course work must be completed within four years and a 3.0 GPA is required.
AGACNP ProgramPlease visit the UNCC graduate nursing website for additional information:
2023 deadline for applications: February 1, 2023
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Pass Rate:
Employment rate 2021 graduates:
Amy M. Winiger, DNP, ACNP-BC,FACC
Atrium Health AGACNP Program Coordinator
Email: Amy.Winiger@AtriumHealth.org
Leslie Beth Sossoman, DNP, ACNP-BC, CV-RN, CHPQ
Faculty Specialist AGACNP Program
Email: Leslie.Sossoman@AtriumHealth.org
Associate Director for Graduate Programs
David Langford, PhD, RN
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Phone: 704-687-7994
Email: drlangfo@uncc.edu
Advanced Clinical Nursing Coordinator
Dr. Tonya Anderson, PHD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CNE
UNC Charlotte School of Nursing
Phone: 704-687-7482
Email: hander19@uncc.edu