Nurse Practitioner Primary Care — MSN
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer | Hours |
| *1st Intensive | *2nd Intensive | *3rd Intensive | |||
| NURS 7280 Professionalism and Leadership | 3 | NURS 7430 Advanced Evidence-Based Practice | 3 | NURS 7350 Quality and Safety in Healthcare | 3 |
| NURS 7100 Foundations of Rural and Underserved Health | 3 | NURS 7340 Advanced Theoretical Foundations of Nursing | 3 | NURS 8320 Informatics and Technology in Healthcare | 3 |
| NURS 7230 Advanced Pathophysiology | 3 | NURS 7240 Advanced Pharmacology | 3 | NURS 7110 Advanced Health and Physical Assessment (Variable credits are based on entry term: Fall 24-Summer 25 Entry: 3 hrs; Fall 25 entry & beyond: 4 hrs) | 3-4 |
| 9 | 9 | 9-10 | |||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer | Hours |
| **NP 1st Intensive | **NP 2nd Intensive | **NP 3rd Intensive | |||
| NURS 7330 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Management (Variable credits are based on entry term: Fall 24-Summer 25 Entry: 3 hrs; Fall 25 entry & beyond: 7 hrs) | 3-7 | NURS 7440 Primary Care Practicum of Women and Children (Variable credits are based on entry term: Fall 24-Summer 25 Entry: 3 hrs; Fall 25 entry & beyond: 7 hrs) | 3-7 | NURS 7920 Primary Care Practicum (Variable credits are based on entry term: Fall 24-Summer 25 Entry: 7 hrs; Fall 25 entry & beyond: 8 hrs) | 7-8 |
| 3-7 | 3-7 | 7-8 | |||
| Total Hours: 40-50 | |||||
- Intensives: May include, but not limited to: *1st Intensive: Basic APA; Scholarly Writing, Handbook; Library; Office of University Writing; Organization & Self-Care; Rural Health - *2nd Intensive: ABCs of Research - *3rd Intensive: Statistics Workshop/Excel; Health Professions with UG students; Health Assessment Lab
- **NP Intensives – May include, but not limited to: Patient based simulation labs with standardized patients; lab intensives; community practice opportunities
- Each intensive will include various requirements and may extend up to one week.
- Full-time students are admitted in Fall semester only. Students admitted in Summer or Spring semesters will be part-time. Part-time plans will vary and will be individualized.
- All core courses must be successfully completed prior to taking clinical courses, NURS 7330 & NURS 7440.
- Courses are taught only during the semester in which each is listed.
- All students admitted in Fall 25 and beyond will have a total of 50 credit hours upon completion of the program.