This didactic Adult Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner course focuses on the role of the AG-ACNP in the complex care of acute and critically ill adult and geriatric patients. Course content includes the diagnosis and management of episodic and chronic illness; diagnostic tests; technologic and therapeutic interventions. The patient population of the Adult-Gerontology ACNP includes young adults (including late adolescents and emancipated minors), adults and older adults in all contexts of complex acute and chronic illness. Particular attention is given to providing evidence-based, comprehensive, individualized, ethical, and collaborative care that takes into consideration health quality, costs, and outcomes for the acutely ill patient population.