Curriculum
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)/Primary Care Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Curriculum
*Prerequisite if admitted to the program: Graduate level statistics course with a minimum grade of B (HLTH 675 or equivalent) and undergraduate research course.
| Summer Year I | Fall Year I | Spring Year I |
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- N601 Nursing Science Theory (3 credits)
- NN602 Ethical, Legal, and Professional Dimensions of Advanced Practice Nursing (3 credits) (*Stats)
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- N604 Evidence-Based Practice for APNs* (3 credits)
- N640 Family Nursing Science (4 credits)
- N708 Quality Improvement Safety, and Risk Management for APNs (3 credits)
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- N722 Advanced Nursing Actions (3 credits) (50 clinical hours)
- N709 Health Care Informatics and Data Management (3 credits)
- N711 Health Care Policy and Organizational/Systems Leadership (3 credits)
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| 6 credits (or *9 with stats) |
10 Credits |
9 credits (25/*28 annual) |
| Summer Year II | Fall Year II | Spring Year II |
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- N607 Family Mental Health Nursing (3 credits)
- N663 Health Promotion for Individuals, Families, and Communities (2 credits)
- N554 Advanced Pathophysiology (3 credits)
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- N553 Advanced Pharmacology (3 credits)
- N610 Genetics/Genomics for Family Nursing (3 credits)
- N741 DNP Project I (100 clinical hours) (4 credits)
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- N552 Advanced Health Assessment (3 credits)
- N641 Adult and Older Adult Health I (3 credits)
- N742 DNP Project II (100 clinical hours) (4 credits)
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| 8 credits |
10 credits |
10 credits (28 annual) |
| Summer Year III | Fall Year III | Spring Year III |
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- N644 Adult and Older Adult Health II (3 credits)
- N556 Diagnostics and Procedures for APNs (1 credit)
- N743 DNP Project III (100 clinical hours) (4 credits)
Mayo NPCEC students will have an additional 60-90 hours of summer immersion expanding on advanced health assessment skills. |
- N642 Child and Adolescent Health (3 credits)**
- N643 Reproductive Health (2 credits)**
- N662 Women's Health Clinical (2 credits) (100 hours)
- N672 Primary Care Clinical I (5 credits) (250 hours)
**Ideally this content would be delivered in the first half of the semester with clinical hours emphasized in the second half or last 9 full-time (40 hour) weeks.
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- N646 Pediatric Health Clinical (2 credits) (100 hours)
- N673 Primary Care Clinical II (5 credits) (250 hours
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| 8 credits |
12 credits |
7 semester credits (27 annual) |
| Total clinical hours = 1050 | Total credits = 80 | 700 level credits = 24 |
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All course descriptions can be found in the Graduate Bulletin at: grad.mnsu.edu/programs/bulletin/.
