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Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP) Sample Plan of Study

RN-MSN Program 
(part-time study options are available after completion of BSN requirements)

Semester I (Fall)
NURSU371Health Assessment and Promotion in Nursing Practice¹4 sh(2,1,1)
NURSU600Applied Physiology3 sh(2,1,0)
NURSM804Statistics for Health Care Research3 sh(3,0,0)
Semester II (Spring)
NURSM409Population Focused Nursing Care5 sh(3,0,2)
NURSM 624Advanced Health Assessment¹4 sh(3,0,1)
NURSM 639Advanced Practice in Health Promotion and Risk Reduction¹4 sh(0,1,3)
NURSM769Health Care Finance2 sh(2,0,0)
Semester III (Summer)
NURSM608Advanced Practice in Episodic and Chronic Conditions: Adult¹4 sh(0,1,3)
NURSM 781Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses²3 sh(3,0,0)
NURSM802Health Policy, Research, and Issues for Advanced Practice Nurses2 sh(2,0,0)
NURSM768Research and Evidence-Base Nursing3 sh(3,0,0)
Semester IV (Fall)
NURSM647Palliative Care I: Management of Physical and Environmental Domains1 sh

(0,1,0) 

NURSM648Advanced Practice in Palliative Care I: Management of Physical and Environmental Domains¹3 sh(3,0,0)
NURSM751Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice3 sh(3,0,0)
NURSM752Applied Epidemiology3 sh(3,0,0)
Semester V (Spring) 
NURSM764Advanced Practice Nursing: Role Residency¹8 sh(0,1,7)
NURSM 777Advanced Practice Role and Scope1 sh(1,0,0)
NURSM805Controlled Substance Prescribing for the APRN 1 sh(1,0,0)
Thesis or Scholarly Project(0-6 sh)
BSN Upper Division course work9 sh
Minimum MSN course work57 sh


¹Clinical component
²May be challenged with prescriptive authority

Semester hour breakdown: 1:1 (Didactic), 2:1 (Seminar), 3:1 (Clinical/lab)





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