AGNP Primary 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 from the Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program will be able to identify, describe, analyze and evaluate a topic on issues of aging which will demonstrate ability to integrate and manage health and social problems in the Adult Gerontology population.

 

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 628 Adult Gerontology I
5
2
3
168
   
14
10
4
168
   
 
 
 
 
Spring I
Total
Credits
Class
Credits
Clinical
Credits
Clinical
Hours
NUR 608 Concepts in Advanced Practice Nursing
3
3
0
 
NUR 631 Adult Gerontology II
6
2
4
224
   
9
5
4
224
   
 
 
 
 
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 Practice
3
3
0
 
NUR 702 Adult Gerontology III
7
3
4
224
   
12
8
4
224
  TOTAL PROGRAM
35
23
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 Practice
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 628 Adult Gerontology I
5
2
3
168
   
8
5
3
168
   
 
 
 
 
Spring II
Total
Credits
Class
Credits
Clinical
Credits
Clinical
Hours
NUR 631 Adult Gerontology II
6
2
4
224
   
6
2
4
224
   
 
 
 
 
Summer II
Total
Credits
Class
Credits
Clinical
Credits
Clinical
Hours
NUR 702 Adult Gerontology III
7
3
4
224
   
7
3
4
224
  TOTAL PROGRAM
35
23
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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