Admissions: Post-Degree Options
Post-Master's Nurse Practitioner Option: Adult Primary Care
Registered nurses with master's degrees in a clinical nursing major or other nursing major with 2 years of recent clinical nursing experience are eligible to apply to this program preparing them to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center or National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners/Nurses certification examinations as an Adult Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care.
This program may be completed in 15 months (4 semesters). Applications are due March 1 of each year. The program begins in September of each year.
Prerequisites
|
COURSE NUMBER
|
COURSE NAME |
CREDITS |
| NR 100.508* |
Clinical Pharmacology** |
2 |
| NR 100.502* |
Physiology / Pathophysiology** |
3 |
| NR 110.589 |
Human Development across the Life Span |
2 |
Course Requirements
|
COURSE NUMBER
|
COURSE NAME |
CREDITS |
| NR 110.549 |
Advanced Health Assessment and Measurement |
2 |
| NR 110.536* |
Advanced Health Assessment & Measurement: Adult/Geriatric Variation |
1 |
| NR 110.547 |
Diagnosis, Symptom and Illness Management - Adult |
3 |
| NR 100.551* |
Advanced Practice in Primary Care I - Adult |
4 |
| NR 100.553* |
Advanced Practice in Primary Care II - Adult |
3 |
| NR 100.565 |
Advanced Practice Nursing: Clinical Topics & Professional Issues - Adult |
4 |
|
|
Total |
17 |
* Course with clinical practicum
** Not required if comparable course has been completed within the past 5 years
