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Sample Part-time Curriculum for M.S.N.-D.N.P.
Program

Course Descriptions

* STA 570 or comparable graduate-level course within the past five years is a prerequisite to the program or can be taken during the fall of the first year. Statistics is a required course prerequisite for NUR 903 (Biostatistics).
Year 1
Fall Semester 
Credit Hours
NUR 902 Nursing Leadership in Healthcare Systems

3

NUR 915 Foundations of Evidence-based Practice and Program Planning in Nursing

4

* Statistics course 3*
Subtotal

7-10*

Spring Semester 
NUR 903 Applied Biostatistics for Outcomes Evaluation

4

NUR 904 Epidemiology Applied to the Design and Evaluation of Nursing and
  Health Services

3

Subtotal

7

Summer

NUR 917 Technology for Transforming Nursing and Healthcare

3

Subtotal 3

Year 2
Fall Semester 
Credit Hours
NUR 778 Proseminar in Contemporary Health and Nursing Policy Issues 3
NUR 914 Economic and Financial Aspects of Clinical and Population-Based     

4

Healthcare Systems
Subtotal

7

Spring Semester 
NUR 916 Evaluation for Improvement of Clinical Practice and Outcomes 3

Subtotal

3
Summer  
NUR 918 Protection of Human Subjects 1
Subtotal

1

Year 3
Fall Semester 
Credit Hours
NUR 919 Strategic Analysis for Quality Improvement in Nursing and Healthcare

3

NUR 920 Advancing Nursing Practice in Dynamic Healthcare Systems

3

Subtotal

6

Spring Semester  
NUR 910 Clinical Residency 3

Subtotal

3

Summer  
NUR 910 Clinical Residency

3

Subtotal

3
Total Credit Hours    40-43

 

 

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