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Clinical Nurse Leader

Spring Admission Sample Plan of Study Options
Course Title (Credits) 16-Month Option 23-Month Option
First Semester (Spring)
NURS 501: Pathopharmacology and Pharmacology Bases
for Nursing Practice (5)
x x
NURS 503: Health Assessment (3) x x
NURS 505: Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice (4) x x
NURS 507: Introduction to Nursing and the Clinical Nurse Leader Role (3) x x
NURS 622: Systems and Populations in Health Care (3) x  
Summer Session
NURS 509: Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family (5) x  
NURS 517: Nursing Care of Infants and Children (4) x x
Second Semester (Fall)
NURS 511: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for
Clinical Nurse Leader (5)
x  
NURS 514: Adult Health Nursing (6) x x
NURS 625: Gerontology Nursing (3)   x
NURS 701: Science and Research for Advanced Practice Nursing (4) x x
NURS 736: Informatics and Technology (3) x  
Winter Session
NURS 625: Gerontology Nursing (3) x  
Third Semester (Spring)
NURS 511: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing (5)   x
NURS 622: Systems: Populations in Health Care (3)   x
NURS 736: Informatics and Technology (3)   x
NURS 508:  Community Health Nursing (5) x  
NURS 523: Clinical Nurse Leader Practicum (8) x  
NURS 525: Clinical Nurse Leader (3) x  
Summer Session
*NURS 509: Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family (5)

*May be taken in Summer I with advisor permission.
  x
Fourth Semester (Fall)
NURS 508:  Community Health Nursing (5)   x
NURS 523: Clinical Nurse Leader Practicum (8)   x
NURS 525: Clinical Nurse Leader (3)   x
Total Credits
Total Credits for MS CNL Option (either time-line) 64

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