Adult Health (Medical-Surgical) CNS Major Curriculum Requirements
The 40-hour curriculum is composed of 31.5 semester hours of didactic coursework and 8.5 semester hours of clinical practicum. An additional 6-hour elective in diagnostic reasoning is offered following program completion for interested students who desire prescriptive authority.
Required Coursework
NURS 50003 Advanced Pathophysiology
NURS 50013 Advanced Health Assessment
NURS 50022 Advanced Practice Roles
NURS 50053 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
NURS 60013 Health Care Policy, Law, and Ethics
NURS 60030 Professional Project
NURS 60043 Advanced Nursing Research and Theory
NURS 60413 CNS Concepts I
NURS 60443 Financial Concepts in Health Care
NURS 60482 CNS Practicum I
NURS 60513 CNS Concepts II
NURS 60583 CNS Practicum II
NURS 60613 CNS Concepts III
NURS 60683 CNS Practicum III
Elective
NURS 60716 Diagnostic Reasoning
Nursing Education Major Curriculum Requirements
The 38-hour curriculum is composed of 33 semester hours of didactic coursework, two semester hours of clinical practicum, and three semester hours of teaching practicum.
NURS 50003 Advanced Pathophysiology
NURS 50013 Advanced Health Assessment
NURS 50053 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
NURS 60013 Health Care Policy, Law, and Ethics
NURS 60030 Professional Project
NURS 60043 Advanced Nursing Research and Theory
NURS 60414 Adult and Gerontologic Patient Concepts OR NURS 60744 Advanced Concepts in Parent-Child Nursing
NURS 60443 Financial Concepts in Health Care
NURS 60482 Advanced Practice Nursing Practicum
NURS 60713 Learning and Instruction
NURS 60723 Curriculum and Program Development
NURS 60733 Evaluation in Nursing Education NURS 60783 Teaching Practicum
Post Master's Adult Health (Medical-Surgical) CNS Certificate Curriculum Requirements *
NURS 60414 Adult and Gerontologic Patient Concepts
NURS 60482 Advanced Practice Nursing Practicum
NURS 60513 CNS Concepts II
NURS 60583 CNS Practicum II
NURS 60613 CNS Concepts III
NURS 60683 CNS Practicum III* Additional course work may be required to meet the BNE requirements for advanced practice nurses.
Post Master's Nursing Education Certificate Curriculum Requirements
NURS 60713 Learning and Instruction
NURS 60723 Curriculum and Program Development
NURS 60733 Evaluation in Nursing Education
NURS 60783 Teaching Practicum