| | Neonate Nurse Practitioner (NNP) Sample Plan of Study | RN-MSN Program Applies to all students as of Fall 2007 (part-time study options are available) | | Semester I (Fall) | | NURSU | 371 | Health Assessment and Promotion in Nursing Practice¹ | 4 sh | (2,1,1) | | NURSM | 804 | Statistics for Health Care Research | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NURSM | 646 | Applied Physiology and Embryology | 5 sh | (5,0,0) | | NURSM | 605 | Assessment of the High Risk Neonate, Infant, Family* | 3 sh | (2,0,1) | | Semester II (Spring) | | NURSM | 409 | Population Focused Nursing¹ | 5 sh | (3,0,2) | | NURSM | 739 | Primary care of the High Risk Neonate¹ | 8 sh | (5,0,3) | | NURSM | 805 | Controlled Substance Prescribing for the APRN | 1 sh | (1,0,0) | | NURSM | 781 | Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses² | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | Semester III (Summer) | | NURSM | 768 | Research and Evidence-Based Nursing | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NURSM | 637 | Intensive Care of the High Risk Neonate¹ | 7 sh | (3,0,4) | | NURSM | 777 | Advanced Practice Nursing: Role and Scope | 1 sh | (1,0,0) | | NURSM | 802 | Health Policy, Research, and Issues for Advanced Practice Nurses | 2 sh | (2,0,0) | | Semester IV (Fall) | | NURSM | 769 | Health Care Finance | 2 sh | (2,0,0) | | NURSM | 751 | Foundations of Advanced Practice Nursing | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NURSM | 607 | Community Care of the High Risk Neonate/Infant¹ | 2 sh | (1,0,1) | | NURSM | 764 | Advanced Practice Nursing: Role Residency¹ | 8 sh | (0,0,8) | | Thesis or Scholarly Project | (0-6 sh) | | | | Minimum MSN course work | 60 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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Teresa Kelechi Named New Department Chair Effective November 1, Teresa Kelechi will assume the role of Department Chair. Employed at MUSC for 22 years, Teresa joined the College of Nursing faculty in 2001. She is a board certified gerontological clinical nurse specialist and a certified wound care nurse. Teresa takes over the reins of Department Chair from Elizabeth Erkel who will retire at the end of the year.
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