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Neonatal 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

 Summer

 

      

13

 

 

Role Core and/or Support Courses
 

Course
Number		 Course Name Prereqs Coreqs Prereqs
or
Coreqs		 Credit Hours Semester(s) Regularly Offered
 
NUR 614 Pharmacotherapeutics for Neonatal Intensive Care NUR 652 or permission    

3

 Spring
NUR 615 Advanced Neonatal Assessment

4000 hours clinical experience;
NUR 652

 NUR 616  

2

 Spring
NUR 616 Neonatal Assessment Practicum   NUR 615  

1
(60 hrs)

 Spring
NUR 622 Family Health Seminar      

1

 Fall
NUR 652 Advanced Neonatal Pathophysiology

3

 Fall

 

        

10

 

 

Advanced Nursing Practice Courses

 

Course
Number		 Course Name Prereqs Coreqs Prereqs
or
Coreqs		 Credit Hours Semester(s) Regularly Offered
 
NUR 633 General Neonatal Management

NUR 614, 615, 616

 NUR 639 NUR 648

1

 Summer
NUR 639 Initial Management & Diagnostic Practicum   NUR 630, 633  

2

(120 hrs) 

 Summer
NUR 630 Practicum I:  Evidence-based Nursing Practice NUR 605 NUR 639   1 Summer
NUR 643 Management of High-Risk Neonate I NUR 633 NUR 644   4 Fall
NUR 644 Care of High-Risk Neonate Practicum NUR 643, 730  

3
(180 hrs)

 Fall
NUR 730 Practicum II:   Evidence-based Nursing Practice NUR 630 NUR 644   1 Fall
NUR 702 Management of the High-Risk Neonate II NUR 643     2 Spring
NUR 703 NNP Role Practicum NUR 644, 730 NUR 702   6
(360 hrs)		 Spring
          20  

 

Grand Total

      

43

 

Note:  Program of Study includes 720 supervised clinical hours.

 

Master's Nursing Course Descriptions