FNP Suggested Plan of Study

Family Nurse Practitioner | BSN-DNP

Ways to Study

  • Hybrid

DNP Course List

YearCourseCredits
One3
FallNURS 715: Pathophysiology for Advanced Nursing Practice3
NURS 720: Pharmacotherapeutics in Advanced Nursing Practice3
NURS 936: Informatics and Safe and Effective Health Care3
SpringNURS 740: Evidence-Based Practice / Research3
NURS 945: Population Health in a Global Context3
NURS 969: Applied Data Analysis3
SummerNURS 934: Clinical Scholarship and Professional Communication3
NURS 935: Leading Organizational and Systems Change3
Two
FallNURS 750: Advanced Health and Physical Assessment for Advanced Practice Nursing — 45 lab hours3
NURS 752: Advanced Diagnostic Reasoning and Management2
NURS 921: Theoretical Principles of Evidence-Based Practice3
NURS 922: Critical Appraisal of Evidence3
Qualifying Exam
SpringNURS 810: Primary Care of Adolescents and Adults — 120 clinical hours6
NURS 923: Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practice3
NURS 994: DNP Project3
SummerNURS 825: Sexual and Reproductive Health — 120 clinical hours4
NURS 994: DNP Project (if implementing DNP Project in the summer)3
Three
FallNURS 827: Primary Care of Infants, Children and Adolescents — 120 clinical hours4
NURS 967: Economics and Financing of Health Care Systems3
NURS 994: DNP Project3
SpringNURS 828: Primary Care Across the Lifespan with Advanced Clinical Practicum — 240 clinical hours6
NURS 938: Public Policy and Advocacy in Health Care3
NURS 994: DNP Project (if completing project)3

Clinical hours must be taken in sequence.