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Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) Curriculum

Doctor of Nursing Practice

MSN to DNP | ACNP NP

Fall Term (Year 1)

  • NUR 2011 Applied Statistics for Evidence-Based Practice 3 cr.
  • NUR 2900 Translating Knowledge into Action: The Basic Science of Care 2 cr.
  • NUR 3008 Ethics, Public Policy, Finance & Healthcare Organization 3 cr.

Spring Term (Year 1)

  • NUR 2680 Introduction to Genetics and Molecular Therapeutics 3 cr.
  • NUR 2007 Research for Evidenced-Based Practice II 2 cr.
  •               Cognate 3 cr.

Summer Term (Year 1)

  • NURSP 2075 Introduction to Health Informatics 3 cr.
  • NUR 2330 Psychiatric Diagnosis Theory 2 cr.
  • NUR 2092 Leadership Development 3 cr.

Fall Term (Year 2)

  • NUR 2061 Organizational and Management Theory 3 cr.
  • NUR 3052 or NUR 3050 Manuscript Development or Grant Writing 1 cr.
  • NUR 2865 Fundamentals of Disaster/Mass Casualty Care 2 cr.
  • NUR 3036 Capstone Project 2 cr.

Spring Term (Year 2)