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Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) Curriculum

Doctor of Nursing Practice

BSN to DNP | ACNP NP

Fall Term (Year 1)

  • NUR 2011 Applied Statistics for Evidence-Based Practice 3 cr.
  • NUR 2010 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Culturally Diverse
    Populations 3 cr.
  • NUR 2900 Translating Knowledge into Action: The Basic Science of Care 2 cr.
  • NUR 3008 Ethics, Public Policy, Finance & Healthcare Org. 3 cr.

Spring Term (Year 1)

  • NUR 2680 Introduction to Genetics and Molecular Therapeutics 3 cr.
  • NUR 2000 Research for Evidence Based Practice I 2 cr.
  • NUR 2004 Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan 4 cr.
  •                Cognate 3 cr.

Summer Term (Year 1)

  • NURSP 2092 Leadership Development 3 cr.
  • NUR 2007 Research for Evidenced-Based Practice 2 2 cr.
  • NUR 2031 The Diagnostic Physical Exam Across the Lifespan 3 cr.

Fall Term (Year 2)

Spring Term (Year 2)

  • NUR 2034 Advanced  Pharmacology 3 cr.
  • NURNP 2100 Management of Adult Episodic/Chronic Health Problems in Acute Care Theory 4 cr.
  • NURNP 2101 Management of Adult Episodic/Chronic Health Problems in Acute Care Clinical 3 cr.

Summer Term (Year 2)

  • NURNP 2104 Management of Complex Health Problems of the Acutely and Critically Ill Adult 3 cr.
  • NUR 2865 Fundamentals of Disaster/Mass Casualty Care 2 cr.
  • NURNP 2330 Psychiatric Diagnosis Theory 2 cr.
  •                  Cognate 3 cr.

Fall Term (Year 3)

Spring Term (Year 3)