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CIP PROGRAM: 51.3821
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing.

Summary: A program that prepares registered nurses to provide health care to aging and elderly patients. Includes instruction in geriatric primary care, geriatric diagnosis, mental health and aging, primary care management, geriatric acute and chronic illness, advanced nursing practices for geriatric patients, evidence-based nursing practice, advanced physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and pharmacotherapeutics.

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National Completion Rate Trends

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Change - - +27.07%

Related CIPs

51 HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
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51.3817 Nursing Education.
51.3801 Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.
51.3802 Nursing Administration.
51.3803 Adult Health Nurse/Nursing.
51.3804 Nurse Anesthetist.
51.3805 Family Practice Nurse/Nursing.
51.3806 Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing.
51.3807 Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery.
51.3808 Nursing Science.
51.3809 Pediatric Nurse/Nursing.
51.3810 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing.
51.3811 Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing.
51.3812 Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing.
51.3813 Clinical Nurse Specialist.
51.3814 Critical Care Nursing.
51.3815 Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing.
51.3818 Nursing Practice.
51.3819 Palliative Care Nursing.
51.3820 Clinical Nurse Leader.
51.3821 Geriatric Nurse/Nursing.
51.3822 Women's Health Nurse/Nursing.
51.3823 Reserved.
51.3824 Forensic Nursing.
51.3899 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Geriatric Nurse/Nursing.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change

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