School of Nursing

AGPCNP

Curriculum

*Note: DNP Core Courses are held on Monday through Saturday a minimum of six (6) times during a semester. Students' practicum experiences may occur weekdays, weekends, including evening and night shifts.

Full-Time Curriculum Plan for BSN to DNP
Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration
(87 Total Semester Credits)*

BSN ENTRY LEVEL DNP - AGPCNP: FULL TIME (87 credits)
First Year - Summer (10 Credits) First Year - Fall (13 Credits) First Year - Spring (12 Credits)
NURS 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4)
NURS 7105 Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (3)
NURS 7707 Family, Genetics and Health Promotion (3) 		BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4)
HLSC 6409 Advanced Pharmacology (3)
HLSC 6410 Advanced Pathophysiology (3)
NURS 7203 Research Design and Methodology (3)

NURS 6315 Advanced Health Assessment (4) [3 didactic, 1 lab]
NURS 7709 Advanced Practice Nursing Primary Care Pharmacotherapeutics (2)
NURS 7708 Diagnostic & Therapeutic Primary Care Procedures (3) [2 didactic, 1 lab]
NURS 7101 Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing (3)
 
Second Year - Summer (11 Credits) Second Year - Fall (14 Credits) Second Year - Spring (7 Credits)

NURS 7716 Primary Care NP I: Adult Populations & Episodic Disease Management (8) [5 didactic, 3 practicum]
NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3)

NURS 7717 Adult/Gerontology PCNP II: Vulnerable Populations & Chronic Disease Management (7) [3 didactic, 4 practicum]
NURS 7109 Health Outcomes: Information Systems, Measurement, Analysis and Management (3)
NURS 7481 Evidence-Based Practice (4)

NURS 7719 Adult/Gerontology PCNP III: Gerontology & Reproductive Health (7) [3 didactic, 4 practicum]
 
Third Year - Summer (4 Credits) Third Year - Fall (8 Credits) Third Year - Spring (8 Credits)

NURS 7110 Scholarly Project I: Project Development (3)
NURS 7021 Advanced Nursing Practicum I (1)

NURS 7120 Scholarly Project II: Implementation (3)
NURS 7022 Advanced Nursing Practicum II (2)
NURS 7306 Health Policy and Politics (3)

NURS 7130 Scholarly Project III: Project Evaluation and Dissemination (3)
NURS 7023 Advanced Nursing Practicum III (2)
NURS 7721 Primary Care NP IV: Role Transitions (3) [2 didactic, 1 practicum]

*Includes a total of 1020 practicum hours.

Graduates of this program are academically qualified to meet the eligibility requirements to take the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Examination sponsored by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner Certification Board (AANPBC) or the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination sponsored by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).