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MSN: Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Curriculum
The MSN: Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner track is a three-year, 49-credit hour program.
Course Schedule
YEAR ONE: FALL SEMESTER | Credit Hours |
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NURS 501 - Theoretical Foundations For Advanced Nursing Practice | 2 |
Theoretical Foundations For Advanced Nursing PracticeFocuses on philosophical and theoretical foundations of advanced nursing practice. An emphasis is placed on concepts, conceptual models, and theories as they have developed in nursing, as well as theoretical foundations from related disciplines. Read More about Theoretical Foundations For Advanced Nursing Practice |
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NURS 520 - Foundations Of Advanced Nursing Practice | 2 |
Foundations Of Advanced Nursing PracticeStudents have the opportunity to prepare for practice as an advanced practice registered nurse. Didactic experiences focus on the complex dynamics and issues encountered in clinical practice, education and administration as well as the attendant ethical and legal issues. Read More about Foundations Of Advanced Nursing Practice |
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NURS 550 - Advanced Human Pathophysiology | 3 |
Advanced Human PathophysiologyFocuses on cellular physiological and pathophysiological processes through the lifespan, in order to provide a foundation for holistic clinical assessment, decision-making, and clinical management. Read More about Advanced Human Pathophysiology |
YEAR ONE: SPRING SEMESTER | Credit Hours |
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NURS 529 - Research Methods for Advanced Practice Nursing | 3 |
Research Methods for Advanced Practice NursingFocuses on methods of inquiry as a basis for the expansion of nursing knowledge and application of research in advanced clinical practice. Selection of research methods to identify client-focused clinical nursing problems and appropriate interventions in advanced practice are addressed within an ethical context. Read More about Research Methods for Advanced Practice Nursing |
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NURS 570 - Advanced Pharmacology | 3 |
Advanced PharmacologyThis course presents advanced principles of pharmacology, including both the pharmacotherapeutics and pharmacokinetics of selected drug groups and their clinical application. Read More about Advanced Pharmacology |
YEAR ONE: SUMMER | Credit Hours |
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NURS 631 - Advanced Health Assessment | 4 |
Advanced Health AssessmentThis course focuses on the expansion and refinement of the clinician’s skills in collecting and integrating wholistic data necessary for a comprehensive health assessment, including functional assessment, health history, physical examination and indicated diagnostic testing. Read More about Advanced Health Assessment |
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NURS 632 - Advanced Practice Skills Lab | 1 |
Advanced Practice Skills LabThis laboratory course focuses on the competencies of technical clinical skills for advanced practice. Read More about Advanced Practice Skills Lab |
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NURS 675 - Cultural Competence in Health Care | 3 |
Cultural Competence in Health CareThis course will increase the student’s awareness regarding the dimensions and complexities involved in caring for people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Read More about Cultural Competence in Health Care |
YEAR TWO: FALL SEMESTER | Credit Hours |
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NURS 760 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Throughout the Lifespan | 2 |
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Throughout the LifespanProvides a basis for advanced practice nursing through the exploration of the human health experience of clients across healthcare settings. Emphasizes health promotion, acute episodic care, and chronic community based care within a human caring framework. Focuses on the use of current research to direct advanced practice nursing skills and care. Read More about Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Throughout the Lifespan |
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NURS 715 - Primary Care of the Adult I | 5 (60 clinical hrs) |
Primary Care of the Adult IThis course explores utilization of all levels of prevention with a focus on primary health care delivery and primary and secondary prevention with the mid-life family: health promotion, risk screening, disease prevention, and diagnosis and early treatment of health alterations. Read More about Primary Care of the Adult I |
YEAR TWO: SPRING SEMESTER | Credit Hours |
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NURS 510 - Heath Care System: Paradigms, Policy And Ethics | 3 |
Heath Care System: Paradigms, Policy And EthicsThis course surveys the current health care milieu from both a national and global perspective. Particular consideration of governmental/legal, fiscal and society values and philosophies, spiritual, moral/ethical issues will unfold the current context of health care delivery. Read More about Heath Care System: Paradigms, Policy And Ethics |
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NURS 730 - Primary Care of the Adult II | 5 (60 clinical hrs) |
Primary Care of the Adult IIThis course explores utilization of all levels of prevention with a focus on primary health care delivery and secondary and tertiary prevention with the older-adult family: diagnosis and early treatment of health alterations and reduction of complications and health maintenance. Read More about Primary Care of the Adult II |
YEAR TWO: SUMMER | Credit Hours |
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NURS 621 - Evidence Based Practice I | 2 |
Evidence Based Practice IThis course offers the opportunity to develop and/or revise nursing clinical practice or protocols based on scientific rigorous empirical and qualitative evidence. Includes actual implementation of the proposed change. Read More about Evidence Based Practice I |
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NURS 757 - Gerontology Practicum | 1 (60 clinical hrs) |
Gerontology PracticumThis course sequence is specific to the AGNP option. It is designed to help provide 60 of the minimum 540 hours of clinical practice to meet the MSN certification exam requirement. Read More about Gerontology Practicum |
YEAR THREE: FALL SEMESTER | Credit Hours |
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NURS 622 - Evidence Based Practice II | 2 |
Evidence Based Practice IIA continuation of NURS 621. Read More about Evidence Based Practice II |
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NURS 756 - Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Practicum | 4 (180 clinical hrs) |
Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner PracticumThis course sequence is specific to the MSN AGNP option. Students enrolled in the clinical practicum will be expected to integrate values and ethics and apply the theories and concepts of the NP role in clinical practice with adults and gerontologic patients. Read More about Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Practicum |
YEAR THREE: SPRING SEMESTER | Credit Hours |
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NURS 624 - Evidence Based Practice III | 1 |
Evidence Based Practice IIIA continuation of NURS 622. Read More about Evidence Based Practice III |
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NURS 758 - Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Practicum | 4 (180 clinical hrs) |
Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner PracticumThis course is a continuation of NURS 756. (1:3) Read More about Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Practicum |
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