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MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (MSN)

 

ADULT NURSE PRACTITIONER

Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANPs) provide comprehensive wellness care to patients from post-adolescence through adulthood, with a special emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion. ANPs practice in hospital, urgent care, and primary care settings. This program is offered in a distance-learning format.

Fall Semester I Hours
NURS 405 Inquiry I: Theoretical Foundations
3
NURS 453 Physiologic Foundations of Advanced Practice
4
NURS 459 Assessment for Advanced
Practice
3
NUNP 410 Health Promotion
2
 
Total
12

 

Spring Semester I Hours
NURS 425 Inquiry II: The Research Process
3
NURS 430 Pharmacology and Therapeutics for the Advanced Practice Nurse
3
NUNP 432 Acute and Common Problems of the Adult I
5
NURS 443A Collaboration and Consultation
1
     
 
Total
12

 

Summer Semester I Hours
NUNP 433 Acute and Common Problems of the Adult II
3
NURS 502 Inquiry III Evidenced Based Nursing Practice
2
NURS 443B Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Role Development
1
NURS 443C Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Teaching and Learning
1
     
 
Total
7

Fall Semester II Hours
NUNP 434 Complex Management of Chronic Illnesses
5
NURS 503 Inquiry Practicum
1
NURS 444A Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Ethical Issues
1
NURS 444B Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Finance
1
NURS 444C Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Policy and Legal
1
   
 
Total
9
   
 
Accumulated Total Hours
40

 

The Advanced Practice Core courses are co-requisites or pre-requisites for the clinical nursing courses. Clinical nursing courses must be taken in the semester and sequence listed above. Clinical course availability is based upon enrollment.

 
 
 

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