School of Nursing

AGACNP and PNP-AC Dual Concentration

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
AGACNP and PNP-AC Dual Concentration

(119 Total Semester Credits)*

BSN ENTRY LEVEL DNP - AGACNP and PNP-AC Dual Concentration: FULL TIME (119 credits)
First Year - Summer (7 Credits) First Year - Fall (13 Credits) First Year - Spring (16 Credits)
NURS 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4) BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4)

NURS 7907 Advanced Pediatric Health Assessment (3)
[2 didactic, 1 lab]

NURS 7105 Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (3) HLSC 6409 Advanced Pharmacology (3) NURS 7909 Advanced Nursing Practice Acute Care Pharmacotherapeutics (2)
NURS 7707 Family, Genetics and Health Promotion (3) HLSC 6410 Advanced Pathophysiology (3) NURS 7908 Pediatric Primary Care Essentials (5) [3 didactic, 2 practicum]
  NURS 7203 Research Design and Methodology (3)

NURS 7706 Acute Care Therapeutic and Diagnostic Procedures (3)[2 didactic, 1 lab]

Second Year - Summer (10 Credits) Second Year - Fall (11 Credits) Second Year - Spring (16 Credits)

NURS 7931 Pediatric ACNP I: System Management (7) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 3 practicum]

NURS 7932 Pediatric ACNP II: System Management (8)[3 didactic, 1 lab, 4 practicum]

NURS 7933 Pediatric ACNP III: Critical Illness & Trauma Management (9) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 5 practicum]

NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3) NURS 7109 Health Outcomes: Information Systems, Measurement, Analysis and Management (3) NURS 6315 Advanced Health Assessment (4) [3 didactic, 1 lab]
    NURS 7101 Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing (3)
Third Year - Summer (7 Credits) Third Year - Fall (12 Credits) Third Year - Spring (9 Credits)

NURS 7310 Adult/Gerontology ACNP I: System Mgmt (7) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 3 practicum]

NURS 7312 Adult/Gerontology ACNP II: System Mgmt (8) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 4 practicum]

NURS 7314 Adult/Gerontology ACNP III: Critical Illness & Trauma Management (9) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 5 practicum]

  NURS 7481 Evidence-Based Practice (4)  
Fourth Year - Summer (4 Credits) Fourth Year - Fall (7 Credits) Fourth Year - Spring (7 Credits)
NURS 7110 Scholarly Project I: Project Development (3) NURS 7120 Scholarly Project II: Implementation (3) NURS 7130 Scholarly Project III: Project Evaluation and Dissemination (3)
NURS 7021 Advanced Nursing Practicum I (1) NURS 7022 Advanced Nursing Practicum II (1) NURS 7023 Advanced Nursing Practicum III (1)
  NURS 7306 Health Policy and Politics (3)

NURS 7316 ACNP IV: Role Transitions (3) [2 didactic, 1 practicum]

*Includes a total of 1800 practicum hours.