SearchFamily Nurse Practitioner Plan of Study
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 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 |
Spring | ||
|
|
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 651or permission |
3 |
Spring | ||
| NUR 622 | Family Health Seminar | 1 | Fall | |||
| 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 |
Spring | ||
|
|
11 |
|
Advanced Nursing Practice Courses
|
Course Number |
Course Name | Prereqs | Coreqs |
Prereqs or Coreqs |
Credit Hours |
Semester(s) Regularly Offered |
| NUR 655 | Maternal and Well Child Care Management |
NUR 606, 651, 653, 654 |
NUR 660, 666 |
1 |
Summer | |
| NUR 660 | Adult Primary Care I |
NUR 605, 606, 609, 651, 653, 654 |
NUR 666 | NUR 648 |
3 |
Summer |
| NUR 666 | Practicum I: Family Nurse Practitioner | NUR 630, 655, 660 |
2 (120 hrs) |
Summer | ||
| NUR 630 | Practicum I: Evidence-Based Nursing Practice | NUR 605 | NUR 666 | 1 | Summer | |
| NUR 656 | Child Care Management | NUR 655, 660 | NUR 770, 772 |
2 |
Fall | |
| NUR 770 | Adult Primary Care II |
NUR 648, 660, 666 |
NUR 656, 772 | 3 | Fall | |
| NUR 772 | Practicum II; Family Nurse Practitioner | NUR 660, 666 | NUR 656, 730, 770 |
2 (120 hrs) |
Fall | |
| NUR 730 | Practicum II: Evidence-Based Nursing Practice | NUR 630 | NUR 772 | 1 | Fall | |
| NUR 797 | Practicum III: Family Nurse Practitioner | NUR 772 |
6 (360 hrs) |
Spring | ||
| 21 | ||||||
|
|
Grand Total |
45 |
|
Note: Program of Study includes 660 supervised clinical hours.