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Family Nurse Practitioner

Sample Plan of Full-Time Study*

First Semester (Fall)
Course Title Credits
NPHY612 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology 3
NURS630 FP I: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 2
NURS631 FP I: Practicum – Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 2
NURS660 Advanced Health Assessment: Family 4
  Total 11
Second Semester (Spring)
Course Title Credits
NURS723 Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 3
NURS632 FP II: Clinical Management of Common Health Care Problems 3
NURS633 FP II: Practicum – Clinical Management of Common Health Care Problems 5
  Total 11
Third Semester (Summer)
Course Title Credits
NURS640 FPIII: Management of Complex Health Care Problems 2
  Total 2
Fourth Semester (Fall)
Course Title Credits
NURS644 FPIII: Practicum:  Clinical Management of Complex Health Care Problems                    3
NURS755 Families in Crisis: Theory and Intervention 2
  Total 5
Fifth Semester (Spring)
Course Title Credits
NURS731 FP IV: Practicum – Integrative Management of Primary Health Care Problems 2
NURS741 FP IV: Practicum – Integrative Management of Primary Health Care Problems 7
  Total 9
Total Credits
Total Credits
Total Credits 38

*The plan may vary in relation to an individual student’s background in terms of previous coursework.

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