Standardize Clinical Reasoning Across Every NP Student—No Matter Their Clinical Site
Clinical experiences vary. Expectations don’t. Aquifer helps nurse practitioner programs ensure every student develops strong clinical judgment, builds confidence, and is prepared for real patient care at scale.
The Challenge Facing NP Programs Today
Clinical education is becoming harder to standardize. Students encounter different patients, different expectations, and different levels of support. Yet programs are responsible for ensuring every graduate is practice-ready.
Aquifer provides the solution.
15 Million completed cases and counting.
125
K+
Active Students Annually
93
%
of NP Students Would Recommend Aquifer to Another Student
Bridge content gaps, provide curricular consistency, and prepare students to think like clinicians. Aquifer's award-winning virtual patient cases are designed to develop clinical reasoning skills in a safe space.
Ensure students encounter essential conditions and high quality clinical learning, regardless of site availability, limited site selection, and patient exposure.
Whether in-person, hybrid, or online-only, gain the benefits of comprehensive, real-world relevant clinical learning scenarios with immediate feedback for students, all available through Aquifer's proprietary learning platform.
Supplement teaching with peer-reviewed content. Aquifer delivers a proven, award-winning, and complete curriculum, with comprehensive coverage of core clinical concepts, written and reviewed by expert medical educators.
Track student progress through Aquifer courses with simple reporting by student, assessment, case, course, or program. Export reports, quickly scan students’ summary statements, and more.
Aquifer ensures every NP student develops the clinical reasoning skills they need regardless of where or how they complete their clinical experiences.
Virtual Patient Cases
Deliver consistent exposure to essential conditions and decisions, regardless of clinical placement.
Real-Time Feedback
Reinforce how students think—not just what they know—before, during, and after rotations.
Formative Assessments
Track progress and identify student learning gaps before they fall behind, without additional faculty burden.
Why Nursing Programs Choose Aquifer
Our AI-enhanced solution combines a comprehensive clinical curriculum with integrated teaching tools that can be applied and adapted to fit the needs of your program, while driving self-directed learning for your students.
93% of NP student users would recommend Aquifer to another student.
Hybrid and online-only programs benefit from comprehensive, real-world relevant clinical learning scenarios, all available online through Aquifer's proprietary learning management system.
Supplement teaching with peer-reviewed content. Aquifer delivers a proven, award-winning, and complete curriculum, with comprehensive coverage of core clinical concepts, that is written and peer-reviewed by expert medical educators.
With ready-to-use teaching tools and educator guides, faculty can find exactly the cases they need, discover new content, or mix and match to create a custom course that directly corresponds to their curriculum and course rotations.
Plus we have an updated population foci mapping guide for NP programs.
Faculty can track student progress through our courses with simple reporting by student, assessment, case, course, or program. Export reports, quickly scan students’ summary statements, and more.
Aquifer for NP Programs
Aquifer's award-winning virtual patient cases are designed to develop clinical reasoning skills in a safe space to build confident clinicians. Learn how Aquifer has helped NP programs across the country bridge content gaps, provide curricular consistency, and prepare students to think like clinicians.
Built with and Guided by NP Educators:
Meet the Aquifer NP Affinity Group
The Aquifer Educators Consortium forms the bedrock of Aquifer, bringing together more than one hundred MD, DO, PA, and NP educators across disciplines—experts from the national leadership of organizations like AAIM, COMSEP, STFM, AGS, IAMSE, ADMSEP, APGO, and AAR—to collaborate, innovate, and make advances in health professions education. The NP Affinity Group aims to keep the needs and interests of nursing programs at the forefront of that work.
Marcia Ainslie, EdD, APRN, FNP-BC
Marcia Ainslie, EdD, APRN, FNP-BC
Course Board:NP Affinity Group Role:Affinity Group Lead
Institution:University of New Hampshire Institutional Title: Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Harrison, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Elizabeth Harrison, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Course Board:Aquifer Internal Medicine Roles:Associate Editor
Institution:University of New Hampshire Institutional Role: Clinical Associate Professor Institutional Role: Assistant Director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program
Danielle Hebert, DNP, MBA, MSN, ANP-BC
Danielle Hebert, DNP, MBA, MSN, ANP-BC
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine Role:Associate Editor
Institution: Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, UMass Chan Medical School Institutional Title: Assistant Professor Institutional Role: Coordinator, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Track
Institution: Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing at UMass Chan Medical School Institutional Title:Assistant Professor
Evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and continuously updated
The Best Content You'll Find. Hands Down.
We literally set the bar. We can say this because our courses are created by a Consortium of the nation’s leading clinical educators and designed with student success in mind. Check out some of our 250+ award-winning cases from all the core disciplines.
Not sure where to start? See our case mapping to population foci.
Aquifer helped boost my confidence immensely because the cases give me a real-time experience in clinical settings. It also helped me learn to explain things to patients in a simple way.
NP Student
With Aquifer cases, faculty are assured that all students have a similar background with health issues covered. Since any given student may see a variety of patients during clinical rotations, the Aquifer cases offer a level of standardization. We also assign cases throughout the curriculum, including in pre-clinical courses. Students think the cases add high value to the program.
Joyce Cappiello, PhD, FNP, FAANP
University of New Hampshire
Aquifer has really challenged me and has improved my critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning.
NP Student
The case studies are full of great up-to-date information helpful in learning how to apply the knowledge to patient care.
NP Student
Working through the cases like I'm the NP helps me learn to apply knowledge to patient care.
NP Student
Aquifer Nurse Practitioner Program User Story Video
Nurse Practitioner programs around the country are using Aquifer's evidence-based virtual patient cases to build clinical reasoning skills. Find out how the University of New Hampshire is making the most of the cases.
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