School of Nursing

PCFNP and PMHNP 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.

Curriculum for students admitted Spring 2022 or after

Full-Time Curriculum Plan for BSN to DNP
PCFNP and PMHNP Dual Concentration

(123 Total Semester Credits, 1710 Practicum Hours)

BSN ENTRY LEVEL DNP - PCFNP and PMHNP Dual Concentration: FULL TIME (123 credits)
First Year - Summer (9 Credits) First Year - Fall (13 Credits) First Year - Spring (13 Credits)
NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3) BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4) NURS 7206 Advanced Practice Nursing Psychopharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics Across the Lifespan (3)
NURS 7105 Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (3) HLSC 6409 Advanced Pharmacology (3) HLSC 7426 Clinical Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Mental Health (3)
NURS 7707 Family, Genetics and Health Promotion (3) HLSC 6410 Advanced Pathophysiology (3) NURS 6315 Advanced Health Assessment (4) [3 didactic, 1 lab]
  NURS 7203 Research Design and Methodology (3) NURS 7101 Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing (3)
Second Year - Summer (8 Credits) Second Year - Fall (11 Credits) Second Year - Spring (14 Credits)
NURS 7207 Advanced Psychiatric-Mental Health Assessment & Diagnostics (2) NURS 7211 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner I: Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (8) [4 didactic, 0.5 lab, 3.5 practicum]

NURS 7212 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner II: Adult and Gerontology Mental Health (9)
[3 didactic, 1 lab, 5 practicum]

NURS 7210 Clinical Modalities Across the Lifespan in Advanced Practice Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Individual and Group (6)
[3 didactic, 1 lab, 2 practicum]

NURS 7109 Health Outcomes: Information Systems, Measurement, Analysis and Management (3) NURS 7709 Advanced Practice Nursing Primary Care Pharmacotherapeutics (2)
    NURS 7708 Diagnostic & Therapeutic Primary Care Procedures (3) [2 didactic, 1 lab]
Third Year - Summer (8 Credits) Third Year - Fall (13 Credits) Third Year - Spring (12 Credits)

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

NURS 7718 Family PCNP II: Vulnerable Populations & Chronic Disease Management (9)
[5 didactic, 4 practicum]

NURS 7720 Family PCNP III: Pediatric Populations and Reproductive Health (9)
[4 didactic, 5 practicum]

  NURS 7481 Evidence-Based Practice (4)

NURS 7213 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner III: Reflective Practice and Role Transition (3)
[1 didactic, 2 practicum]

Fourth Year - Summer (8 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 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4) NURS 7306 Health Policy and Politics (3)

NURS 7721 Primary Care NP IV: Role Transitions (3)
[2 didactic, 1 practicum]


Curriculum for students admitted from Summer 2019 to Fall 2021

Full-Time Curriculum Plan for BSN to DNP
PCFNP and PMHNP Dual Concentration

(126 Total Semester Credits, 1800 Clinical Hours)

BSN ENTRY LEVEL DNP - PCFNP and PMHNP Dual Concentration: FULL TIME (126 credits)
First Year - Summer (3 Credits) First Year - Fall (13 Credits) First Year - Spring (16 Credits)
NURS 7707 Family, Genetics and Health Promotion (3) HLSC 6409 Advanced Pharmacology (3) NURS 7206 Advanced Practice Nursing Psychopharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics Across the Lifespan (3)
NURS 7105 Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice* (3) HLSC 6410 Advanced Pathophysiology (3) HLSC 7426 Clinical Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Mental Health (3)
  BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4) NURS 6315 Advanced Health Assessment (4)
  NURS 7203 Research Design and Methodology* (3) NURS 7101 Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing* (3)
Second Year - Summer (6 Credits) Second Year - Fall (11 Credits) Second Year - Spring (8 Credits)
NURS 7207 Advanced Psychiatric-Mental Health Assessment & Diagnostics (3:2/1- 60 clinical hrs.) NURS 7210 Clinical Modalities Across the Lifespan in Advanced Practice Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Individual and Group (6:3/3- 180 clinical hrs.) NURS 7211 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner I: Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (8:4/0.5/3.5- 210 clinical hrs.)
NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3) NURS 7208 Family Systems: Theory and Therapy (2)  
  NURS 7109 Health Outcomes: Information Systems, Measurement, Analysis and Management (3)  
Third Year - Summer (4 Credits) Third Year - Fall (13 Credits) Third Year - Spring (8 Credits)
NURS 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4) NURS 7212 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner II: Adult and Gerontology Mental Health (9:3/0.5/5.5- 330 clinical hrs.) NURS 7213 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner III: Reflective Practice and Role Transition (3:1/2- 120 clinical hrs.)
  NURS 7481 Evidence-Based Practice (4) NURS 7709 Advanced Practice Nursing Primary Care Pharmacotherapeutics (2)
    NURS 7708 Diagnostic & Therapeutic Primary Care Procedures (3:2/1)
Fourth Year - Summer (12 Credits) Fourth Year - Fall (16 Credits) Fourth Year - Spring (16 Credits)
NURS 7716 Primary Care NP I: Adult Populations & Episodic Disease Management (8:5/3-180 clinical hrs.) NURS 7718 Family PCNP II: Vulnerable Populations & Chronic Disease Management (9:5/4-240 clinical hrs.) NURS 7720 Family PCNP III: Pediatric Populations and Reproductive Health (9:4/5-300 clinical hrs.)
NURS 7110 Scholarly Project I: Project Development (3) NURS 7120 Scholarly Project II: Implementation (3) NURS 7721 Primary Care NP IV: Role Transitions (3:2/1-60 clinical hrs.)
NURS 7021 Advanced Nursing Practicum I (1-60 clinical hrs.) NURS 7022 Advanced Nursing Practicum II (1-60 clinical hrs.) NURS 7130 Scholarly Project III: Project Evaluation and Dissemination (3)
  NURS 7306 Health Policy and Politics (3) NURS 7023 Advanced Nursing Practicum III (1- 60 clinical hrs.)