Clinical practicum that promotes competence for entry into acute care adult/gerontology practice utilizing advanced practice roles of: health promotion/disease prevention; management of complex acute and chronic illness of adult and gerontologic patients; nurse-patient relationships; teaching-coaching functions; professional roles; managing and negotiating healthcare delivery; quality assurance; and meeting physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual needs of adult and gerontologic patients and their families who are experiencing complex acute, critical, or chronic illness. Includes a minimum of 200 hours of clinical practice.