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 Clinical Nurse Specialist Concentration
(84 Total Semester Credits)
First Year - Summer (10 Credits) | First Year - Fall (13 Credits) | First Year - Spring (9 Credits) |
NURS 7105 Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (3) NURS 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4) 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 7909 Advanced Nursing Practice Acute Care Pharmacotherapeutics (2) |
Second Year - Summer (8 Credits) | Second Year - Fall (14 Credits) | Second Year - Spring (6 Credits) |
NURS 7910 Adult Gerontology CNS I: Role and Common Health Problems (5) [2 didactic, 3 practicum] |
NURS 7911 Adult Gerontology CNS II: Acute and Chronic Health Problems (7) [3 didactic, 4 practicum] |
NURS 7912 Adult Gerontology CNS III: Acute, Chronic and Complex Health Problems (6) [3 didactic, 3 practicum] |
Third Year - Summer (4 Credits) | Third Year - Fall (13 Credits) | Third Year - Spring (7 Credits) |
NURS 7021 Advanced Nursing Practicum I (1) [1 practicum] |
NURS 7913 Adult Gerontology CNS IV: Chronic Health and Geriatric Syndromes (5) [2 didactic,
3 practicum] |
NURS 7023 Advanced Nursing Practicum III (2) [2 practicum] |
Graduates of this program are academically qualified to meet the eligibility requirements to take an Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification Examination sponsored by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN).