SECTION V: General Information on the Master's Nurse Practitioner Degree and Advanced Certificate NP Programs
Prerequisites for Graduate Courses
| Master's Courses | Prerequisite(s) | Open to NonMatriculated Students** | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUR 400 Research Principles for Evidence-Based Practice | Undergraduate statistics course: nonmatriculated students are advised to take NUR 401 prior to or concurrently | Yes | ||
| NUR 401 Foundations of Scholarly Writing in the Health Professions | None | Yes | ||
| NUR 403 Ethics and Public Policy in the Health Care System | NUR 401 | Yes | ||
| NUR 407 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology | Undergraduate or graduate physiology and anatomy | No | ||
| NUR 410 Advanced Health Assessment | NUR 362 or NUR 364 or equivalent undergraduate health assessment course within 5 years of enrollment or NUR 363 if the student had a discrete health assessment course older than 5 years | No | ||
| NUR 411 Evaluation and Management of Common Health Problems | NUR 407, NUR 410, and NUR 419 NUR 400 pre- or co-requisite | No | ||
| NUR 413 Family Theoretical Frameworks and Application to Nursing Care of Families | None | Yes | ||
| NUR 414 Nurse Practitioner Procedure Lab | NUR 411 | No | ||
| NUR 415 Advanced Health Assessment- Lifespan | NUR 362 or NUR 364 or equivalent undergraduate health assessment course within 5 years of enrollment or NUR 363 if the student had a discrete health assessment course older than 5 years | No | ||
| NUR 419 Advanced Pharmacology | Introductory human physiology and pharmacology | Yes | ||
| NUR 424 Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner I | NUR 411, NUR 414 | No | ||
| NUR 425 Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner II | NUR 424 | No | ||
| NUR 433 Pediatric Acute Care NP I | NUR 410 | No | ||
| NUR 434 Pediatric Acute Care NP II | NUR 433 | No | ||
| NUR 435 Pediatric Psychopharmacology | None | No | ||
| NUR 436 Nursing Care of the High-Risk Neonate | NUR 407, NUR 410 or permission of instructor | Yes | ||
| NUR 437 Pediatric Primary Care I | For PNP students: NUR 410, NUR 407; For FNP students: NUR 410, NUR 407 | No | ||
| NUR 438 Pediatric Primary Care II | NUR 419, NUR 437, and, for those in the neonatal track, NUR 436. | No | ||
| NUR 439 Pediatric Primary Care III | NUR 438 | No | ||
| NUR 444 Primary Care NP I | NUR 411 | No | ||
| NUR 445 Primary Care NP II | NUR 444 | No | ||
| NUR 449 Women’s Health Care for Primary Care Generalists | NUR 411 | No | ||
| NUR 450 Psychopathology and Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis Across the Lifespan | None | No | ||
| NUR 451 Individual Psychotherapy Across the Lifespan I | NUR 450, 455 | No | ||
| NUR 452 Pathophysiology and Psychopharmacology of Mental Health Disorders across the Lifespan I | NUR 407, 419; Pre-/Co-req NUR 450 for FMH students | No | ||
| NUR 453 Pathophysiology and Psychopharmacology of Mental Health Disorders across the Lifespan II | NUR 452 | No | ||
| NUR 454 Group and Family Psychotherapy across the Lifespan | NUR 450 | |||
| NUR 455 Theoretical Frameworks for Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Practice | None | No | ||
| NUR 456 Practicum in Advanced Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Role I | NUR 410/415; Pre/Co-req: NUR 450 | No | ||
| NUR 457 Practicum in Advanced Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Role II | NUR 456 | No | ||
| NUR 458 Practicum in Advanced Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Role III | NUR 457 | No | ||
| NUR 459 Individual Psychotherapy across the Lifespan II | NUR 450, NUR 455 | No | ||
*Course numbers and prerequisites subject to change
** Registration of non-matriculated students in courses may be restricted due to class size
Additional Information Specific to Accelerated Master’s Programs for Non-Nurses, Master’s Programs, RN to BS to MS programs, and Advanced Certificate Students
NUR 492 Clinical Practicum for Advanced Practice Nursing. Some Master’s and Advanced Certificate students may elect to take additional clinical hours. After consultation with the faculty advisor and the course faculty who will evaluate the student’s clinical experience, the student obtains the form “Statement of Proposed Activity for NUR 492 Clinical Practicum in Advanced Nursing Practice” from the Registrar. The NUR 492 form must be completed by the student and signed and dated by the student, faculty, Master’s Program Director, and Associate Dean for Education and Student Affairs. When this form is properly completed and signed and when documentation of mandatory clinical requirements (e.g., RN license, CPR) is current and on file in the student’s record, then registration for NUR 492 is processed. The actual clinical hours for NUR 492 begin only after the registration is complete, on or after the stated date for starting NUR 492, and end prior to or on the stated date for ending NUR 492.