AGNP Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program Plan of Study

Learning Outcomes

1. Students will be able to incorporate professional ethics and social justice in the development of the advanced practice role.
 
2. Students will demonstrate proficiency in comprehensive health assessment of individuals and families across the lifespan at an advanced practice nursing level.
 
3. Students in the Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Track will be able to synthesize concepts and theories from the basic sciences, humanities, medicine and nursing in learning to deliver care to this population of patients.

 

Full Time Plan of Study

Fall I
 Total
Credits		 Class
Credits 		Clinical
Credits		 Clinical
Hours
NUR 601 Advanced Pharmacology
3
3
0
 
NUR 612 Physiology/Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nursing
3
3
0
 
NUR 613 Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning
3
2
1
28*
NUR 610 Adult Gerontology Acute I
4
2
2
112
   
13
10
3
112
   
 
 
 
 
Spring I
 Total
Credits		 Class
Credits 		Clinical
Credits		 Clinical
Hours
NUR 608 Concepts in Advanced Practice Nursing
3
3
0
 
NUR 621 Diagnostics & Therapeutic Interventions for ACNP
3
2
1
56
NUR 625 Adult Gerontology Acute II
7
3
4
224
   
13
8
5
280
   
 
 
 
 
Summer I
 Total
Credits		 Class
Credits 		Clinical
Credits		 Clinical
Hours
NUR 609 Professionalism in Advanced Practice Nursing
2
2
0
 
NUR 630 Research Methods and Evidence-Based Pract
3
3
0
 
NUR 638 Adult Gerontology Acute III
6
2
4
224
   
11
7
4
224
  TOTAL PROGRAM
37
25
12
616


Part Time Plan of Study

Spring I
 Total
Credits		 Class
Credits 		Clinical
Credits		 Clinical
Hours
NUR 601 Advanced Pharmacology
3
3
0
 
NUR 612 Physiology/Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nursing
3
3
0
 
   
6
6
0
 
   
 
 
 
 
Summer I
 Total
Credits		 Class
Credits 		Clinical
Credits		 Clinical
Hours
NUR 609 Professionalism in Advanced Practice Nursing
2
2
0
 
NUR 630 Research Methods and Evidence-Based Pract
3
3
0
 
NUR 613 Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning
3
2
1
28*
   
8
7
1
28*
   
 
 
 
 
Fall I
 Total
Credits		 Class
Credits 		Clinical
Credits		 Clinical
Hours
NUR 608 Concepts in Advanced Practice Nursing
3
3
0
 
NUR 610 Adult Gerontology Acute I
4
2
2
112
   
7
5
2
112
Spring II
 Total
Credits		 Class
Credits 		Clinical
Credits		 Clinical
Hours
NUR 621 Diagnostics & Therapeutic Interventions for ACNP
3
2
1
56
NUR 625 Adult Gerontology Acute II
7
3
4
224
   
10
5
5
280
   
 
 
 
 
Summer II
 Total
Credits		 Class
Credits 		Clinical
Credits		 Clinical
Hours
NUR 638 Adult Gerontology Acute III
6
2
4
224
   
6
2
4
224
  TOTAL PROGRAM
37
25
12
616


*Successful completion of a basic statistics course is a prerequisite to Research in Nursing (NUR 630). The requirement may be met in the first semester of study, but cannot be counted in the total credits required for graduation. It is recommended that the prerequisite be met before admission to the program.

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