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Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency Nursing: A Blended Clinical Nurse Specialist and 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 Adult Health Assessment 3
NURS 623 Advanced Assessment of the Critically Ill 3
NURS 622 Systems and Populations in Health Care 3
NURS 723 Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 3
  Total 15
Second Semester (Spring)
Course Title Credits
NURS 701 Science and Research for Advanced Nursing Practice 4
NPHY 620 Pathophysiological Alterations in the Critically Ill 2
NURS 647 Diagnosis and Management of Common
Acute Care Problems
5
  Total 11
Third Semester (Summer)
Course Title Credits
NURS 726 Diagnosis and Management of Complex Acute
Care Problems
4
  Total 4
Fourth Semester (Fall)
Course Title Credits
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
NURS 755 Families in Crisis 2
  Total 12
Total Credits
Total Credits
Total Credits 42

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