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Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - Cardiovascular Plan of Study

Master's Core Courses

Course
Number
Course Name Prereqs Prereqs
or
Coreqs
Credit Hours Semester(s) Regularly Offered
 

NUR 604

Statistical Reasoning for Evidence-Based Practice

UG Statistics Course   

3

Fall

NUR 605

Evaluating Theory and Research for Evidence-Based Practice

NUR 604  

4

Spring

NUR 609

Health Promotion in Advanced Nursing Practice

  NUR 604

3

Fall
NUR 648 Health Care Policy, Organization, and Financing    

3

Summer

 

     

13

 

 

Role Core and/or Support Courses
 

Course
Number
Course Name Prereqs Coreqs Prereqs
or
Coreqs
Credit Hours Semester(s) Regularly Offered
 
NUR 606 Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Nursing Practice NUR 651 or permission     3 Spring
NUR 651 Advanced Pathophysiology       3 Fall
NUR 653 Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning 2000 hours of direct patient care experience;
NUR 609, 651

NUR 654

NUR 606 3 Spring
NUR 654 Practicum:  Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning   NUR 653   1
(60 hrs)
Spring
NUR 645 Diagnostic Procedures for Advanced Acute Care Nursing Practice   NUR 679   1 Summer
NUR 745 Therapeutic Procedures for Advanced Acute Care Nursing Practice   NUR 779, 781   1 Fall
NUR 668 Advanced Cardiovascular Nursing       3 Fall
NUR 671 Cardiovascular Disease - Risk Assessment, Risk Reduction, and Rehabilitation       2 Summer
NUR 672 Electrocardiography for Advanced Nursing Practice       3 Spring

 

       

20

 

 

Advanced Nursing Practice Courses

 

Course
Number
Course Name Prereqs Coreqs Prereqs
or
Coreqs
 
Credit Hours Semester(s) Regularly Offered
 
NUR 679 Advanced Adult Acute Care Nursing I NUR 605, 606, 609, 651, 653, 654 NUR 645 NUR 648 3 Summer
NUR 630 Practicum I:  Evidence-based Nursing Practice NUR 605 NUR 679   1 Summer
NUR 779 Advanced Adult Acute Care Nursing II NUR 679 NUR 745, 781   3 Fall
NUR 781 Practicum I:  Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner NUR 679 NUR 730, 779   2
(120 hrs)
Fall
NUR 730 Practicum II:  Evidence-based Nursing Practice NUR 630 NUR 781   1 Fall
NUR 780 Advanced Adult Acute Care Nursing III NUR 779, 781 NUR 782   4 Spring
NUR 782 Practicum II:  Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner NUR 779, 781 NUR 780   3
(120 hrs)
Spring
NUR 783 Residence:  Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner NUR 782     6
(360 hrs)
Summer
          23  

 

Grand Total

     

56

 

Note:  Program of study includes 720 supervised clinical hours.

To best serve our students, we regularly explore specialty courses and populations for special emphasis in the graduate curriculum.  Plans of study are intended to provide you with a typical curriculum.  The curriculum is subject to change.

Master's Nursing Course Descriptions