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Adult Nurse Practitioner Sample Plan of Study

Accelerated BSN-MSN Program 
Applies to all students as of Spring 2005
(part-time study options are available after completion of BSN requirements)

Semester I (Spring)
NURSU315Health Assessment¹4 sh

(3,0,1)

NURSU382Principles of Pathophysiology3 sh

(3,0,0)

NURSU385Professional Nursing and Nursing Practice3 sh

(3,0,0)

NURSU386Adult Health I & Fundamentals¹6 sh

(3,0,3)

Semester II (Summer)

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 (Fall)
NURSU376Leadership and Management in Nursing

3 sh

(3,0,0)

NURSU405Nursing Care with Children and Their Families¹

5 sh

(3,0,2)

NURSU 409Population Focused Nursing¹

5 sh

(3,0,2)

NURSU417Women's Health¹

5 sh

(3,0,2)

Semester IV (Spring)
NURSU372Health 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)

NURSM804Statistics of Health Care Research

3 sh

(3,0,0)

Semester V (Summer)
No classes
Semester VI (Fall) First Full Semester of MSN Course Work
NURSM624Advanced Health Assessment¹·²

4 sh

(3,0,1)

NURSM751Foundations of Advanced Practice Nurses²

3 sh

(3,0,0)

Semester VII (Spring)
NURSM 639Advanced Practice in Health Promotion and Risk Reduction¹

4 sh

(0,1,3)

NURSM781Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses²

3 sh

(3,0,0)

NURSM802Health Policy, Research, and Issues for Advanced Practice Nurses

2 sh

(2,0,0)

Semester VIII (Summer)
NURSM768Research and Evidence-Based Nursing 

3 sh

(3,0,0)

NURSM608Advanced Practice in Episodic and Chronic Conditions: Adult¹

4 sh

(0,1,3)

Semester IX (Fall)
NURSM647Palliative 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

(3,0,0)

NURSM769Health Care Finance

2 sh

(2,0,0)

Semester X (Spring)
NURSM764Advanced Practice Nursing: Role Residency¹8 sh(0,1,7)
NURSM777Advanced Practice Nursing: Role and Scope1 sh(1,0,0)
NURSM805Controlled Substance Prescribing for the APRN's1 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 work48 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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