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Sample Full-time Curriculum 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 778 Proseminar in Contemporary Health and Nursing Policy Issues

3

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

10-13*

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

NUR 916 Evaluation for Improvement of Clinical Practice and Outcomes

3

Subtotal

10

Summer

 

NUR 917 Technology for Transforming Nursing and Healthcare

3

NUR 918 Protection of Human Subjects

1
Subtotal

4

Year 2
Fall Semester 
Credit Hours
NUR 914 Economic and Financial Aspects of Clinical and Population-Based Healthcare Systems

4

NUR 919 Strategic Analysis for Quality Improvement in Nursing and Healthcare

3

NUR 920 Advancing Nursing Practice in Dynamic Healthcare Systems

3

Subtotal

10

Spring Semester 
NUR 910 Residency

3

Subtotal

3

Summer

 

NUR 910 Residency

3

Subtotal

3

   

Total Credit Hours   40-43

 

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