Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist / MSN

Degree Offered:  Master of Science in Nursing

Total Credit Hours Required:  48

All students in the Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist program must complete the following courses, including a minimum of 540 hours of clinical experience:

Curriculum

Program: MSN-NURS-N
Concentration: GCNS

I. Core Courses (18)

NURS-53200Applied Biostatistics for Advanced Nursing Practice

3

NURS-51700Healthcare Organizations, Systems, and Policy

3

NURS-53000Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice

2

NURS-52900Scholarly Inquiry Seminar

1

NURS-53400Population Health

3

NURS-53300Scholarly Inquiry

3

NURS-53600Healthcare Informatics

3

II AGCNS Specialty Core (15)

NURS-62000Clinical Nurse Specialist Role Development

3

NURS-60600Epidemiology

3

NURS-60400Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nursing

3

NURS-60500Physiology/Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nursing

3

NURS-60700Health Assessment for Advanced Practice Nursing

3

III AGCNS Specialty Track (15)

NURS-61000Advanced Practice Nursing Management: Adults in Community/Primary Care

3

NURS-62100Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum 1

2

NURS-61200APN Management: Adult/Gerontology and Adolescents

3

NURS-62200Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum 2

2

NURS-61400Advanced Practice Nursing Management: Special Populations

3

NURS-62300Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum 3

2