Family Nurse Practitioner Curriculum

Family Nurse Practitioner Curriculum

Semester 1

Course Number	Course title	Credit/clock hrs
500/600	Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing	3
504/604	Issues in Advanced Nursing	3
518/618	Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice	3
TOTAL CREDIT/CLOCK HRS		9

Semester 2

Course Number	Course Title	Credit/Clock Hrs
502/602	Generating Evidence for Nursing Practice	3
506/606	Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning Practicum	1/60
516/616	Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning for Advanced Nursing	3
517/617	Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice	3
TOTAL CREDIT/CLOCK HRS		10/60

Semester 3

Course Number	Course Title	Credit/Clock Hrs
509/609	Population Based Primary Care	3
582/682	Advanced Practice Nursing:  Family I	5/240
*595/695	Focused Scholarly Project	3
OR
*599/699	Thesis	3
TOTAL CREDIT/CLOCK HRS		13/120

Semester 4

Course Number	Course Title	Credit/Clock Hrs
583/683	Advanced Practice Nursing: Family II	5/240
*599/699	Thesis	3
TOTAL CREDIT/CLOCK HRS		8/240

Semester 5

Course Number	Course Title	Credit/Clock Hrs
584/684	Advanced Practice Nursing:  Family III	5/240
TOTAL CREDIT/CLOCK HRS		5/240

TOTAL CURRICULUM CREDIT HOURS		40-43
TOTAL CURRICULUM CLINICAL/CLOCK HOURS		720

Semester 1 and Semester 2 courses are pre-requisites for all clinical courses (N582/682, N583/683, & N584/684).  N509/609 may be taken concurrently with N682.
**All students must complete either Thesis (N599/699) OR Focused Scholarly Project (N595/695). Students who elect to enroll in Thesis will earn a total of 6 credits. Students who elect to enroll in Focused Scholarly Project will earn a total of 3 credits.

Revised 3.8.07; 3.22.10; 2.11.11; 10.11.12 ICMSN Curriculum Committee