Academic Catalog 2019-2020

Master of Science in Nursing, Curriculum for Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate Course Title Credit Hours NUR 5123 Primary Care of Infants, Children, and Adolescents Didactic 3 NUR 5143 Primary Care of Infants, Children, and Adolescents Practicum 3 NUR 5133 Primary Care of Adults in Families Didactic 3 NUR 5153 Primary Care of Adults in Families Practicum 3 NUR 5144 Primary Care Across the Lifespan Practicum 4 NUR 5042 Transition into Leadership for the Nurse Practitioner 2 Total: 18 Core Courses if already taken do not need to be repeated, but will be assessed on an individual basis. Course Title Credit Hours NUR 5003 Foundations for Advanced Practice* 3 NUR 5022 Advanced Nursing Research Strategies I 2 NUR 5103 Advanced Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan 3 NUR 5113 Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan 3 NUR 5112 Advanced Health Assessment Across the Lifespan Didactic 2 NUR 5111 Advanced Health Assessment Across the Lifespan Practicum 1 NUR 5013 Health Care Informatics 3 NUR 5021 Advanced Nursing Research Strategies II 1 NUR 5043 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Diverse 3 Populations Across the Lifespan NUR 5032 Advanced Nursing Research Analysis 2 NUR 5011 Research Sustaining 1 NUR 5053 Financial Ethics, Organizational Behavior & 3 Health Policy Management NUR 5061 Capstone 1 Total: 28 *This course, if transferred in, will need to be evaluated to be at the FNP level. GRADUATE COURSES NUR 5043 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Diverse Populations Across the Lifespan This course applies theories of professional nursing: the promotion and maintenance of health among aggregates, (i.e., families, at-risk populations, and communities) within a healthcare/nursing framework. Basic epidemiological principles are addressed and ap- plied to the planning of care and the development of policy for aggregates with quality and safety. This course has a focus on families and spiritually as well in diverse populations with cultural health care and spiritual needs. NUR 5003 Foundations for Advanced Practice This course introduces the concepts of roles, issues, ethics, and nursing/health care theories. The course will focus on current issues and trends guiding advanced nursing/health care practice. Discussion of ethical, practice, & family theories that may influence advanced practice will be held. The theory component addresses the theoretical basis for nursing/ health care practice and the analysis and development of nursing/health care theory.

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