Nurse Practitioner Programs
Acute Adult Care Nurse Practitioner Track
Master of Science in Nursing: 55 quarter credits; 640 clinical hours
The online Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program is designed to prepare practitioners for professional practice in the management of medical, surgical, and critical-care adult patient populations. Concurrent theory and clinical courses provide a knowledge base for the management of adult complex acute, critical, and chronic health care conditions. Clinical practicum rotations allow students to put the principles they have learned into practice in medical, surgical, and critical care settings. Upon completing the program, graduates pursue practice roles across the continuum of acute care services ranging from high-acuity hospital based emergency or intensive care settings to specialty based practices. Graduates are eligible to sit for the ANCC’s Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination.
The nurse practitioner faculty is committed to quality and excellence in the nurse practitioner (NP) programs. Mandatory on-campus visits are essential to students transitioning into the NP role. The NP programs provide two on-campus clinical orientations to prepare students for clinical practice rotation. Following clinical orientation, these mandatory on-campus visits occur during the following times:
- 2nd Year, Spring Term – students come in during the N550: Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning course for midterm and final check-out.
- 2nd Year, Summer Term – students come in during the first clinical course for the Residency Week.
- 3rd Year, Fall Term – students come in during the second clinical course for 2-3 days for a standardized patient lab experience (SPL) and/or human patient simulation experience, depending on the program.
- 3rd Year, Winter Term – students come in during the third clinical course for 2-3 days for a second standardized patient lab experience (SPL) and/or human patient simulation experience, depending on the program.
- 3rd Year, Spring Term – students come in during the fourth clinical course for the second Residency Week.
For more information about this program, visit Drexel's MSN Nurse Practitioner Programs web page
Curriculum
MSN - Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Track
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| NURS 502 | Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care | 3.0 | ||
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| NURS 526 | Information Innovation and Technology for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3.0 | ||
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| NURS 527 | Evidence-Based Approaches to Practice | 3.0 | ||
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| RSCH 519 | Introduction to Biostatistics | 3.0 | ||
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| RSCH 523 | Methods for Health Research | 3.0 | ||
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| NURS 548 | Advanced Pathophysiology | 3.0 | ||
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| NURS 549 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3.0 | ||
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| NURS 550 | Advanced Physical Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning | 4.0 | ||
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| NURS 554 | Pharmacology for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners | 3.0 | ||
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| NURS 664 | Professional Issues for Nurse Practitioners | 1.0 | ||
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| NURS 570 | Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner I: Role and Scope of Practice | 5.0 | ||
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| NURS 571 | Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner II: Management and Care of Clients in Medical Settings | 5.0 | ||
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| NURS 572 | Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner III: Management and Care of Clients in Surgical Settings | 5.0 | ||
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| NURS 573 | Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner IV: Management and Care of Clients in Critical Care Settings | 5.0 | ||
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| Elective | 3.0 | |||
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