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Sample Plan - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Track
(Sharon Lock, Ph.D., R.N. A.R.N.P., track coordinator)

500-level or higher statistics is an admission prerequisite (STA 570 or EDP/EPE 557).

Year 1
Fall Semester  Credit Hours
NUR 514  Advanced Health Assessment 

2

NUR 601  Theoretical Bases for Advanced Practice Nursing 

 2

NUR 653  Pathophysiology 

 3

NUR 725  Primary Care Advanced Practice Nursing Seminar 

 3

Subtotal

10

Spring Semester
NUR 603  Clinical Reasoning in Advanced Practice Nursing 

 3

NUR 631  Applications of Advanced Health Assessment 

 2

NUR 652  Pharmacology 

 3

NUR 706  Advanced Practice Nursing Care of Acutely Ill Adults

 2

Subtotal

 10

Summer (Four- week Intersession)   
NUR 632  Comprehensive Patient Management I

2

Subtotal 

2

Year 2  
Fall Semester
NUR 602  Research Methods in Advanced Practice Nursing

 3

NUR 604  Leadership in Advanced Practice Nursing

 3

NUR 707  Advanced Practice Nursing Care of Critically Ill Adults

 6

Subtotal

12

Spring Semester  
NUR 605  Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

 3

NUR 633  Comprehensive Patient Management II

 4

Elective

 3

Subtotal

10

Total Credit Hours

44

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