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
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Concentration
(81 Total Semester Credits)*
| First Year - Summer (6 Credits) | First Year - Fall (13 Credits) | First Year - Spring (9 Credits) |
| NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3) NURS 7105 Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (3) |
BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4) HLSC 6409 Advanced Pharmacology (3) HLSC 6410 Advanced Pathophysiology (3) NURS 7203 Research: Design & Methodology (3) |
NURS 7507 Advanced Neonatal Assessment (3) [2 didactic, 1 practicum] NURS 7101 Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing Science (3) NURS 7508 Neonatal Physiology (3) |
| Second Year - Summer (7 Credits) | Second Year - Fall (11 Credits) | Second Year - Spring (12 Credits) |
| NURS 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4) NURS 7707 Family, Genetics and Health Promotion (3) |
NURS 7109 Health Outcomes: Information Systems, Measurement, Analysis and Management (3) NURS 7481 Evidence-based Practice for Advanced Nursing Practice (4) NURS 7510 Advanced Nursing Management of the Childbearing Family (4) [3 didactic, 1 practicum] |
NURS 7021 Advanced Nursing Practicum 1 (1) [1 practicum] NURS 7110 Scholarly Project I: Proposal Development (3) NURS 7511 Advanced Neonatal Nursing 1: Management of the Critically 111 Neonate (6) [3 didactic, 3 practicum] NURS 7509 Applied Neonatal Pharmacology (2) |
| Third Year - Summer (5 Credits) | Third Year - Fall (10 Credits) | Third Year - Spring (8 Credits) |
| NURS 7120 Scholarly Project II: Implementation (3) NURS 7022 Advanced Nursing Practicum II (2) [ 2 practicum] |
NURS 7512 Advanced Neonatal Nursing II: Management of Chronic Problems of Prematurity (5) [2 didactic, 3 practicum] NURS 7023 Advanced Nursing Practicum III (2) [2 practicum] NURS 7306 Health Policy and Politics (3) |
NURS 7130 Scholarly Project III: Evaluation & Dissemination (3) NURS 7513 Advanced Neonatal Nursing III: Practicum (5) [5 practicum] |
*Includes a total of 1200 practicum hours.
Graduates of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program are academically qualified to meet eligibility requirements to take the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam sponsored by National Certification Corporation (NCC).