Nursing, BSN-DNP Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist, DNP

Curriculum

• NURS 601 - Advanced Pathophysiology 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 602 - Adult-Gerontology CNS Practice Role Seminar and Practicum I 5 Credit(s), 2 Credits class hours/3 Credits clinical hours per week (168 clinical hours) Credit(s)
• NURS 603 - Adult-Gerontology CNS: Management of the Late Adolescent through Older Adult Patient 5 Credit(s), 2 Credits class hours/3 Credits clinical hours per week (168 clinical hours) Credit(s)
• NURS 604 - Adult Gerontology CNS: Critical Care Environment/Practicum III 5 Credit(s), 2 Credits class hours/3 Credits clinical hours per week (168 clinical hours) Credit(s)
• NURS 608 - Advanced Health Assessment 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 634 - Nursing Leadership for Advanced Practice 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 639 - Advanced Pharmacology 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 690 - Population Health and Epidemiology 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 694 - Health Care Finance 3 Credit(s)
• 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 734 - Evidence-Based Practice II: Translational Inquiry 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 736 - Informatics 3 Credit(s)
• NURS 740 - Ethics and Genetics in Advanced Practice 3 Credit(s)
• 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: 70 (1,064 Clinical Hours)

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.

BSN-DNP Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Plan of Study

Total Credits: 70 (1,064 Clinical Hours)

Note. This is a projected plan of study and subject to change based on course and student availability. 73 credits of coursework and 1,064 clinical hours (504 CNS; 560 DNP) plus NURS 889 DNP Project Advisement  as needed. Continuous enrollment in each semester (fall, spring, summer) until DNP Project completion.

*NURS 608  includes weekly synchronous meetings. Synchronous class meetings will alternate between in-person on Widener’s Chester Campus and virtual.

**Confer MSN degree

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.