Nurse Practitioner Primary Care — MSN

First Year
Summer	Hours	Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
NURS 7340 Advanced Theoretical Foundations of Nursing	3	NURS 7230 Advanced Pathophysiology	3	NURS 7240 Advanced Pharmacology	3
NURS 7350 Quality, Safety, and Technology in Healthcare	3	NURS 7250 Healthcare Policy and Ethics for the Nurse Leader	3	NURS 7110 Advanced Health and Physical Assessment	3
(30 project hours, 2.5 theory; 5 project)		(30 project hours, 2.5 theory; 5 project)		(60 clinical hours, 2 theory; 1 clinical)
NURS 7310 Transition to Advanced Practice Nursing^*	2	NURS 7430 Evidence Based Nursing Practice^*	2	NURS 7540 Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice ^*	2

	8		8		8
Second Year
Summer	Hours	Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
NURS 7220 Roles and Issues of the Primary Care Practitioner	3	NURS 7440 Primary Care I: Women and Children	3	NURS 7920 Primary Care Practicum	7
NURS 7330 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Management	3	(120 clinical hours, 1 theory; 2 clinical)		(360 practicum, 1 theory; 6 clinical)
(90 clinical hours, 1.5 theory; 1.5 clinical)		NURS 7550 Primary Care II: Adults and Elderly	3
		(120 clinical hours, 1 theory; 2 clinical)
	6		6		7
Total Hours: 43

Full-time students are admitted in summer semester only. Students admitted in fall or spring semesters will be part-time.
NURS 7310, NURS 7430 and NURS 7540, marked *, must be taken in sequence in the following order: 1.NURS 7310 Transition to Advanced Nursing Practice 2. NURS 7430 Evidence- Based Nursing Practice 3. NURS 7540 Implementation & Evaluation of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
Courses listed under each semester are only taught during that semester.
All core/pre-requisite courses must be successfully completed before advancing to the Semester II clinical courses. Clinical courses must then be successfully completed before taking NURS 7920 Primary Care Practicum.