Focus on promoting the health of adults and older adults during the process of normal development and aging. 

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UMass Lowell nursing graduate student uses a stethoscope on a patient's back.

The Adult-Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program provides advance practice nursing education with focus on the management of health problems, research, leadership and health promotion among diverse populations.

Students will:

  • Develop advanced skills in communicating with adults, health assessment, treating common health problems, health teaching, and nursing interventions and evaluation
  • Prepare as nurse practitioners 
  • Upon successful completion of the program become eligible to sit for the national adult-gerontological primary care nurse practitioner certification exam

UMass Lowell's program provides Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) sessions, featuring Standardized Patients (SPs) who are highly trained actors that simulate the concerns of a medical patient. These actors are assigned different profiles of all ages, races, sexual orientation, and gender identity with specific medical histories and problems. Students interact with the SP to develop a diagnosis or next step for that patient.

The nursing program is approved by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing and is fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

For more information, please visit the master's program page and the Graduate Academic Catalog.

Meet Our Students and Alumni

UMass Lowell nursing student Yonnie Collins stands at a computer desk in a hospital room.
Yonnie Collins '18, '23
Exercise Science, Family Health Nurse Practitioner

With her people-first approach, Yonnie Collins found success in her coursework and her extracurricular activities.

I felt like I could spread my wings and really connect with like-minded people on a very inclusive campus.
Read More About Yonnie Collins 
Meredith Ritze, a registered nurse, pictured at Lowell General Hospital with a patient.
Meredith Ritze '20
Family Health Nursing (NP)

After 12 years working as a registered nurse at Lowell General Hospital, Meredith Ritze developed specialized skills caring for people who struggle with urology issues. She applied to UMass Lowell to become a nurse practitioner to further her career.

I think science and art fuse in nursing because you need compassion, care and the desire to make improvements to the problems you confront.
Read More About Meredith Ritze 
Lianna Partee taking notes at a desk working as an RN at a hospital
Lianna Partee '16, '19
Nursing

UML prepared Lianna Partee for a career that she’s passionate about. After completing her nursing degree here and working as a registered nurse for a year, she returned to earn a master’s degree in gerontological nursing.

At the outpatient Shapiro Clinic at Beth Israel Hospital, I truly fell in love with providing patient care with goals to promote health and wellness in the community while attempting to keep patients out of the hospital.
Read More About Lianna Partee 
Kristina Ogbarmey-Tetteh and three other students
Kristina Ogbarmey-Tetteh '23
Nursing

Kristina Ogbarmey-Tetteh took advantage of the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences’ Student Resource Center as a first-year student, and then became a tutor herself.

If it wasn’t for the Resource Center, I feel like my first year would have been a lot more difficult.
Read More About Kristina Ogbarmey-Tetteh 

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For more information, please contact:

Lisa Marchand, DNP, NP-C
MS NP Coordinator, Clinical Assistant Professor
Lisa_Marchand@uml.edu