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Oncology Nursing: Clinical Nurse Specialist/Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program

Sample Plan of Full-Time Study

First Semester (Fall)
Course Title Credits
NPHY 612 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology 3
NURS 605 Comprehensive Health Assessment 3
NURS 622 Systems and Populations in Health Care 3
NURS 623 Advanced Assessment of the Critically Ill 3
NURS 629 Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cancer 2
  Total 14
Second Semester (Spring)
Course Title Credits
NPHY 601 Cancer Genetics, Pathophysiology, and Pharmacology 3
NPHY 620 Pathophysiological Alterations in the Critically Ill 2
NURS 647 Diagnosis and Management of Common
Acute Care Problems
5
NURS 723 Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 3
  Total 13
Third Semester (Summer)
Course Title Credits
NURS 726 Diagnosis and Management of Complex
Acute Care Problems
4
NURS 701 Science and Research for Advanced Practice Nursing 4
  Total 8
Fourth Semester (Fall)
Course Title Credits
NURS 641 Cancer Management 3
NURS 659 Organizational and Professional Dimensions
of Advanced Nursing Practice
3
NURS 679 Advanced Practice/Clinical Nurse
Specialist Roles in Health Care Delivery Systems
3
NURS 727 Advanced Acute Care Management 4
  Total 13
Total Credits
Total Credits
Total Credits 48

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