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Graduate Catalog 2021-2022

Nursing D.N.P. — Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Emphasis (Post Bachelor’s)

College of Natural and Health Sciences

See “Nursing D.N.P.

Degree Requirements — 97 Credits

A minimum grade of ‘B’ or better or satisfactory in all nursing courses must be earned.

Nursing Science BS to D.N.P. Core — 27 hours

NURS 507Policy, Leadership and Nursing Issues

3

NURS 601Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing

3

NURS 608Advanced Health Care Concepts

3

NURS 618Epidemiology in Advance Nursing Practice

3

NURS 658Applied Nursing Genomics

3

NURS 668Population Centered Health Care

3

NURS 678Professional Practice and Healthcare Finance Seminar

3

NURS 700Advanced Nursing Theory

3

NURS 707Leadership in Health Policy

3

Nursing Practitioner Emphasis — 18 hours

NURS 612Advanced Pharmacology

4

NURS 613Advanced Health Assessment

4

NURS 614Advanced Pathophysiology

3

NURS 624Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Advanced Practice of Nursing

3

NURS 690Advanced Professional Role

2

NURS 697Scholarship of Advanced Nursing Practice

2

Nursing Practice FNP Emphasis — 23 hours

NURS 654Acute Care of Adults

3

NURS 656Care of Chronic Illness in Adults

3

NURS 674Care of Women and Pediatric Populations

3

NURS 675FNP Clinical I

2

NURS 676FNP Advanced Clinical Topics

2

NURS 677FNP Clinical II

4

NURS 689FNP Clinical Synthesis

1-6

Note: NURS 689: Take 6 hours

DNP Research Core — 29 hours

NURS 606Research and Evidence-based Practice in Nursing

3

NURS 723Design, Methods and Analysis in Health Care Research, Part I

3

NURS 725Translational Research Methods

3

NURS 726Introduction to the DNP Scholarly Project

4

NURS 727DNP Scholarly Project Proposal Development and Defense

4

NURS 798DNP Scholarly Project Practicum

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