Curriculum

BS-FNP/DNP Track 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
  • N601 Nursing Science Theory (3 credits)
  • NN602 Ethical, Legal, and Professional Dimensions of Advanced Practice Nursing (3 credits) (*Stats)
  • 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)
  • 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)
6 credits (or *9 with stats) 10 Credits 9 credits (25/*28 annual)
Summer Year II Fall Year II Spring Year II
  • N607 Family Mental Health Nursing (3 credits)
  • N663 Health Promotion for Individuals, Families, and Communities (2 credits)
  • N554 Advanced Pathophysiology (3 credits)
  • N553 Advanced Pharmacology (3 credits)
  • N610 Genetics/Genomics for Family Nursing (3 credits)
  • N741 DNP Project I (100 clinical hours) (4 credits)
  • N552 Advanced Health Assessment (3 credits)
  • N641 Adult and Older Adult Health I (3 credits)
  • N742 DNP Project II (100 clinical hours) (4 credits)
8 credits 10 credits 10 credits (28 annual)
Summer Year III Fall Year III Spring Year III
  • 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)**
  • N670 Child and Adolescent Health/Reproductive Health Clinical I (2 credits) (100 hours)

  • N672 Primary Care Clinical I (3 credits) (150 hours)

**Ideally this content would be delivered in the first half of the semester with clinical hours emphasized in the second half of this semester and subsequent semester.

  • N671 Child and Adolescent Health/ Reproductive Health Clinical II (2 credits/100 hours)
  • N673 Primary Care Clinical II (7 credits/350 hours)

 

 

 

8 credits 10 credits 9 credits   (27 annual)
Total clinical hours = 1050 Total credits = 80 700 level credits = 24

All course descriptions can be found in the Graduate Catolog HERE.

MSN-DNP Track curriculum

Fall Year I Spring Year I Summer Year I
  • NURS 708
    Quality Improvement, Safety and Risk Management for APNs (3 credits)
  • NURS 709
    Health Care Informatics and Data Management (3 credits)
  • NURS 711
    Health Care Policy and Organizational/Systems Leadership (3 credits)
  • NURS 607
    Family Mental Health Nursing (3 credits)
3 credits 6 credits 3 credits
Fall Year 2 Spring Year 2 Summer Year 2
  • NURS 610
    Genetics and Genomics for Family Nursing (3 credits)
  • NURS 741
    Needs Assessment and Program Planning (4 credits)
  • NURS 742
    Program Implementation and Management (4 credits)
  • NURS 743 
    Program Evaluation and Dissemination 
    (4 credits)

7 credits

4 Credits

4 credits

Total clinical hours = 300 Total credits = 27  

All course descriptions can be found in the Graduate Catolog HERE.