The Adult Health Nursing Program (AH) prepares registered
nurses to develop advanced competencies in nursing practice and strategies for
improving the quality of patient care. The program is offered as a master's
degree for baccalaureate prepared nurses. The curriculum emphasizes the
development of adult health nursing clinical expertise based on an in-depth
understanding of nursing practice and theory. In addition to a core clinical
focus, students also select an indirect care concentration in case management,
forensic nursing or nursing education.
Each student is required to complete a clinical practicum.
Faculty will provide guidance for students in selection of a practitioner(s)
who will serve as preceptor(s) for clinical practicums. The preceptor(s) must
be a master's prepared nurse or licensed physician. Each credit of clinical
equals 125 clock hours per semester so that total clinical practicum time for
the AH program is 500 hours. Graduates of the program will be eligible to take
the national certification examination for Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult
Health from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
A post-master’s certificate is available in forensic
nursing and in nursing education for nurses already holding a master’s
degree in nursing.
| Program
Summary |
Credits
|
| Required
Core Courses |
| NURS 510 |
Advanced Pathophysiology |
3 |
| NURS 520 |
Advanced Pharmacology |
3 |
| NURS 530 |
Advanced Clinical Assessment |
2 |
| NURS 530L |
Advanced Clinical Assessment Lab |
1 |
| NURS 591 |
Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing |
3 |
| NURS 593 |
Research Methodology |
3 |
| NURS 594 |
Theory and Research Application |
3 |
| NURS 595 |
Nursing Ethics |
3 |
| |
| Required
Specialty Clinical Courses |
| NURS 563 |
Advanced Theory of Adult
Health Nursing I |
3 |
| NURS 564 |
Advanced Applications
Adult Health I |
1 |
| NURS 573 |
Advanced Theory of Adult
Health Nursing II |
3 |
| NURS 574 |
Advanced Applications
Adult Health II |
1 |
| |
| Concentration Area Courses |
| Case
Management Concentration |
| NURS 553 |
Case Management |
3 |
| NURS 583 |
Independent Study |
3* |
| NURS 584 |
Case Management Clinical
Practicum |
1 |
| |
| Forensic
Nursing Concentration |
| NURS 543 |
Contemporary Criminal
Justice for Health Care Professionals |
3 |
| NURS 544 |
Forensic Health Care of
Victims |
3 |
| NURS 545 |
Forensic Health Care of
Offenders |
3 |
| NURS 583 |
Independent Study |
3* |
| |
| Nursing
Education Concentration |
| NURS 533 |
Nurse Educator Role |
3 |
| NURS 534 |
Stratagies for Teaching
Nursing |
3 |
| NURS 535 |
Nurse Educator Practicum |
2 |
| |
|
| Total
credit hours required |
36-41 |
| |
| *The student is expected to focus on a specialty
area of practice related to the concentration, devoting a minimum of one credit
to practicum. All AH students are required to have 500 total hours of
supervised clinical practicum. |
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