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Nursing Administration Curriculum

Doctor of Nursing Practice

BSN to DNP | Nursing Administration

Fall Term (Year 1)

  • NUR 2000 Research for Evidence Based Practice 1 2 cr.
  • NURSP 2061 Organizational and Management Theory 3 cr.
  • NUR 2900 Translating Knowledge into Action: The Basic Science of Care 2 cr.
  • NUR 2011 Applied Statistics for Evidence Based Practice 3 cr.

Spring Term (Year 1)

  • NUR 2007 Research for Evidence Based Practice 2 2 cr.
  • NUR 2010 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Culturally Diverse
    Populations 3 cr.
  • NURSP 2090 Health Care Outcomes 3 cr.
  • NUR 2091 Financial Management for Health Care Leaders 3 cr.

Summer Term (Year 1)

  • NURSP 2075 Introduction to Health Informatics 3 cr.
  • NURSP 2092 Leadership Development 3 cr.
  • NURSP 2372 Using Data to Drive Decisions 3 cr.
  •                   Cognate Elective 3 cr.

Fall Term (Year 2)

  • HPM 2135 Health Policy 2 cr.
  • BOAH 2411 or BUSHRM 1050 Human Resources Competitive Advantage or Human Resources Management 3 cr.
  • NURSP 2373 Nursing Administration Residency 3 cr.
  • NUR 2008 Ethics for Advanced Practice Nursing 0 cr.
  •               Cognate Elective 3 cr.

Spring Term (Year 2)

  • NURSP 3092 Leadership in Complex Systems 3 cr.
  • NUR 3050 or NUR 3052 Grant Writing or Manuscript Development 1 cr.
  •                   Cognate Electives 6 cr.

Summer Term (Year 2)

  • NURSP 3096 Clinical Systems Analysis and Design 3 cr.
  •                   Cognate Electives 6 cr.

Fall Term (Year 3)

  • NURSP 3094 Evidence Based Management for Quality Improvement 3 cr.
  • NUR 3008 Ethics 1 cr.
  • NUR 3036 Capstone Project 2 cr.
  •                Cognate Electives 4 cr.

Spring Term (Year 3)