Nursing, Post baccalaureate RN-DNP CNS, DNP

MSN Core Courses (4 Credits)

• NURS 663 - Advanced Practice Nursing: Current Perspectives 1 Credit(s)
• NURS 690 - Population Health and Epidemiology 3 Credit(s)

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Core Courses (9 Credits)

• NURS 601 - Advanced Pathophysiology 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 608 - Advanced Health Assessment 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 639 - Advanced Pharmacology 3 Credit(s)

MSN/DNP Core Courses (15 Credits)

• NURS 702 - Nursing Science I: Epistemology 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 708 - Health Care Policy 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 713 - Complex Health Care Systems and Organizational Change 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 732 - Evidence-Based Practice I 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 736 - Informatics 3 Credit(s)

CNS Role/Population Focused Courses (15 Credits)

• NURS 602 - Adult-Gerontology CNS Practice Role Seminar and Practicum I 5 credit Course; 2 credits didactic; 3 credits clinical based on graduate 56 hours of clinical = 1 168 clinical hours Credit(s)
• NURS 603 - Adult-Gerontology CNS: Management of the Late Adolescent through Older Adult Patient 5 credit Course; 2 credits didactic; 3 credits clinical based on graduate 56 hours of clinical = 1 168 clinical hours Credit(s)
• NURS 604 - Adult Gerontology CNS Practicum III in the Critical Care Environment 5 Credit(s)

DNP Core (6 Credits)

• NURS 734 - Evidence-Based Practice II: Translational Inquiry 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 740 - Ethics and Genetics in Advanced Practice 3 Credit(s)

DNP Clinical Sequence (16 Credits)

• NURS 885 - Doctor of Nursing Practice I 4 Credit(s) (112 clinical hours)
• NURS 886 - Doctor of Nursing Practice II 6 Credit(s) (224 clinical hours)
• NURS 887 - Doctor of Nursing Practice III—DNP Project 6 Credit(s) (224 clinical hours)

Total Credits: 65

NURS 889 - DNP Project Advisement is required each semester until completion of the Practice Improvement Project (500 direct clinical hours, plus DNP minimum 560 clinical hours in direct- or systems-based care).

The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later.  Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission.  Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.