MSN - Adult Nurse Practitioner Description
The Adult Nurse Practitioner specialty prepares the graduate for eligibility as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) in Kansas. Graduates are eligible to seek national certification as an Adult Nurse Practitioner. Adult Nurse Practitioners provide clients with health education, health promotion and maintenance interventions. They assume responsibility with individuals and families to maintain and promote health, care for people with acute and chronic illness and provide supportive and restorative measures for realization of maximum health potential of adults.
The 45-credit hour curriculum adheres to guidelines provided by pertinent credentialing and regulating organizations while creating a flexible and contemporary graduate education. All graduates possess an advanced core of knowledge to assess and manage health within complex systems.
Core Courses:
(All courses must be completed to meet graduation requirements. These courses are offered more than once each academic year, and may be added to any semester)
NU500 Theoretical Foundations 3
NU502 Practice Ethics 2
NU508 Health Care Policy 4
NU516 Informatics-Health Care 2+
Adult Nurse Practitioner - Full-Time
Fall (Semester 1) Spring (Semester 2) Summer I
NU 506 Advanced Pathophysiology 3+ NU 512 Advanced Pharmacology 3+
NU 510 Professional Roles 2+ NU 514 Adv. Health Assessment 4
Fall (Semester3) Spring (Semester 4) Summer II
NU 600 Adult Health I 3 NU 604 Adult Health II 3
NU 602 Adult Health Practicum I 3 NU 606 Health Practicum II 3
NU 517 Clinical Scholarship-EBP 3 NU 670 Project/Thesis 2
NU 504 Integrative Healing 2+
Fall (Semester 5)
NU 608 Practicum Specialty 3
NU 670 Project Thesis 2 + Online Course
Adult Nurse Practitioner-Part-Time
+ Online Course
OPTION A:
Fall (Semester 1) Spring (Semester 2)
NU 500 Theoretical Foundations 3 NU 504 Integrative Healing 2+
NU 516 Informatics/ Health Care 2+ NU 502 Ethics 2
Summer 1
NU 510 Professional Roles 2+
Fall (Semester 3) Spring (Semester 4) Summer 2
NU 506 Adv. Pathophysiology 3+ NU 512 Advanced Pharmacology 3+
NU 508 Health Care Policy 4 NU 514 Adv. Health Assessment 4
Fall (Semester 5) Spring (Semester 6) Summer 3
NU 600 Adult Health I 3 NU 604 Adult Health II 3
NU 602 Adult Health Practicum I 3 NU 606 Health Practicum II 3
NU 517 Clinical Scholarship-EBP 3 NU 670 Project/Thesis 2
Fall (Semester 7)
NU 608 Practicum Specialty 3
NU 670 Project/Thesis 2
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OPTION B:
Fall (Semester 1) Spring (Semester 2) Summer 1
NU 510 Professional Roles 2+ NU 500 Theoretical Foundations 3
NU 516 Informatics-Health Care 2+ NU 508 Health Care Policy 4
Fall (Semester 3) Spring (Semester 4) Summer 2
NU 502 Ethics 2 NU 506 Adv. Pathophysiology 3+
NU 517 Clinical Scholarship-EBP 3 NU 504 Integrative Healing 2+
Fall (Semester 5) Spring (Semester 6)
NU 512 Adv. Pharmacology 3+ NU 603 Primary Care 3
NU 514 Adv. Hlth. Assessment 4 NU 670 Project/Thesis 2
Summer 3
NU 670 Project/Thesis 2
Fall (Semester 7) Spring (Semester 8)
NU 600 Adult Health I 3 NU 604 Adult Health II 3
NU 602 Health Practicum I 3 NU 606 Health Practicum II 3
Summer 4 (optional)
NU 608 Practicum Specialty 3
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OPTION C:
Fall (Semester 1) Spring (Semester 2)
NU 506 Adv. Pathophysiology 3+ NU 512 Advanced Pharmacology 3+
NU 510 Professional Roles 2+ NU 508 Health Care Policy 4
NU 516 Informatics/Health Care 2+
Summer 1
NU 502 Ethics 2
Fall (Semester 3) Spring (Semester 4) Summer 2
NU 514 Adv. Health Assessment 4 NU 517 Clinical Scholarship- EBP 3
NU 500 Theoretical Foundations 3 NU 504 Integrative Healing 2+
Fall (Semester 5) Spring (Semester 6)
NU 600 Adult Health I 3 NU 604 Adult Health II 3
NU 602 Health Practicum I 3 NU 606 Health Practicum II 3
NU 670 Project/Thesis 2 NU 670 Project/Thesis 2
Summer 3
NU 608 Practicum Specialty 3
