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Sample Plan - Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist Track
(Sherry Warden, Ph.D., R.N., 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         (Mon. 1-6 p.m. twice per month)

 2

NUR 601 Theoretical Bases for Advanced        (Tues. 8 a.m.-noon once per month)

 2

Practice Nursing 
NUR 602 Research Methods in Advanced       (Fri. 4-8 p.m. once per month)

 3

Practice Nursing  
NUR 653  Pathophysiology      (Mon. 8 a.m.-noon twice per month)

 3

Subtotal

10

Spring Semester
NUR 603  Clinical Reasoning in Advanced (Tues. noon-4 p.m. once per month)

 3

Practice Nursing
NUR 631  Applications of Advanced Health (Mon. 1-6 p.m. each week)

 2

  Assessment
NUR 652  Pharmacology (Mon. 5-9 p.m. twice per month)

  3 

NUR 704  Acute and Chronic Illness and (Tues. 5-8 each week)

  3 

Nursing Therapeutics I
Subtotal 

11

Year 2
Fall Semester
NUR 604 Leadership in Advanced Practice     (Tues. noon- 4 p.m. once per month)

3

Nursing
NUR 705 Acute and Chronic Illness and        (Tues. 5-7 p.m. each week)

   Nursing Therapeutics II
Subtotal

Spring Semester
NUR 605 Evidence-Based Nursing Practice  

 3

NUR 708 Measuring and Documenting Nursing (Tues. 4-6 p.m. each week)

 4

Practice
Elective (varies by course, most are once per week)

 3

Subtotal

10

Total Credit Hours

40


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