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Nurse Practitioner, Post Master's Certificate

Nurse Practitioner, Post Master's Certificate Course Plan

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Curricular content is reflective of standards set forth by CCNE professional associations of the nurse practitioner specialty tracks. The program is a sequential curriculum beginning in the fall semester of each year. The program consists of 35 to 37 credit hours delivered over a six-semester, part-time course of study. Coursework is completed via a hybrid platform of on-campus and off-campus sessions. Some courses require pre- or co-requisites (see course descriptions). In addition to didactic coursework, students will complete and present their doctoral scholarly project during the last semester of the program as part of their on-campus session requirements. The scholarly project demonstrates the synthesis of concepts and skills learned while enrolled in the program.

Year I

Semester I: 8 Credits

NUR 711: ROLE OF THE DNP (3)
NUR 721: SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION FOR DNP (2)
NUR 727: HLTHCRE INFORMATICS FOR DNP (3)

Semester II: 6 Credits

ANE 706: LEAD, POLICY & INTERDIS COL (3)
NURA-746: BIOSTATISTICS (3)

Semester III: 8 Credits

NUR 733: TRANSLATIONAL RES FOR DNP (4)
NUR 734: LEGAL/ETHIC ISS ADV NUR PRACT (3)
NUR 737: SCHOLARLY PROJECT I (1)

Year II

Semester IV: 5 Credits

NUR 747: EVALUATION METHODS FOR DNP (3)
NUR 753: SCHOLARLY PROJECT II (5)

Semester V: 7 Credits

NUR 739: EPIDEM/POPHLTH ADV CL PRACT (3)
NUR 803: RESIDENCY (4)

Semester VI: 3 Credits

NUR 807: SCHOLARLYPROJECT III (3)

Total Program Credits= 38