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Adult Nurse Practitioner Sample Plan of Study

Accelerated BSN-MSN Program
Applies to all students as of Fall 2008
(part-time study options are available after completion of BSN requirements)

Semester I (Fall)
NURSU315Health Assessment¹

4 sh

(3,0,1)

NURSU382Principles of Pathophysiology

3 sh

(3,0,0)

NURSU385Professional Nursing and Nursing Practice

3 sh

(3,0,0)

NURSU386Adult Health I & Fundamentals¹

6 sh

(3,0,3)

Semester II (Spring)

NURSU341Nursing Pharmacology

3 sh

(3,0,0)

NURSU 380Nursing Research in Practice

3 sh

(3,0,0)

NURSU 388Adult Health II¹

6 sh

(3,0,3)

NURSU387Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing¹

5 sh

(3,0,2)

Semester III (Summer)
NURSU376Leadership and Management in Nursing

3 sh

(3,0,0)

NURSU405Nursing Care with Children and Their Families¹

5 sh

(3,0,2)

NURSU 409

Population Focused Nursing¹

5 sh

(3,0,2)

NURSU417Women's Health¹

5 sh

(3,0,2)

Semester IV (Fall)
NURSU372

Health Care Systems and Policy

3 sh

(3,0,0) 

NURSU481Nursing Knowledge: Synthesis Practicum¹

7 sh

(2,0,5)

BSN Requirements met with successful completion of NURSU 481: Nursing Knowledge: Synthesis Practicum

NURSM600Applied Physiology

3 sh

(2,1,0)

NURSM804

Statistics of Health Care Research

3 sh

(3,0,0)

Semester V (Spring) First Full Semester of MSN Course Work
NURSM624

Advanced Health Assessment¹·²

4 sh

(3,0,1)

NURSM639Advanced Practice in Health Promotion and Risk Reduction¹

4 sh

(0,1,3)

NURSM751Foundations of Advanced Practice Nurses²

3 sh

(3,0,0)

NURSM781Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses²

3 sh

(3,0,0)

Semester VI (Summer)
NURSM608Advanced Practice in Episodic and Chronic Conditions: Adult¹

4 sh

(0,1,3)

NURSM768Research and Evidence-Based Nursing

3 sh

 (3,0,0)

NURSM802Health Policy, Research, and Issues for Advanced Practice Nurses

2 sh

(2,0,0)

Semester VII (Fall)
NURSM 647

Palliative Care I: Management of Physical and Environmental Domains

1 sh

(0,1,0)

NURSM648Advanced Practice in Palliative Care I: Management of Physical and Environmental Domains¹

3 sh

(0,0,3)

NURSM752Applied Epidemiology

3 sh

(0,0,3)

NURSM769Health Care Finance

2 sh

(2,0,0)

Semester VIII (Spring)
NURSM764Advanced Practice Nursing: Role Residency¹

6 sh

(0,1,5)

NURSM777Advanced Practice Nursing: Role and Scope

1 sh

(1,0,0)

NURSM805Controlled Substance Prescribing for the APRN's

1 sh

(1,0,0)

Thesis or Scholarly Project

(0-6 sh)

BSN prerequisite course work60 sh
BSN Upper Division course work61 sh
Minimum MSN course work51 sh


¹Clinical component
²May be challenged with prescriptive authority

Semester hour breakdown: 1:1 (Didactic), 2:1 (Seminar), 3:1 (Clinical/lab)

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