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MSN Nurse Practitioner Programs:
Adult Acute Care Practitioner Track
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. Didactic
and seminar 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 are committed to quality and excellence in
the online nurse practitioner (NP) programs. Campus visits are essential
to students transitioning into the NP role. Students meet on campus
for a mandatory on-campus Residency at the beginning of the clinical practicum
rotations and at the end of the clinical practicum rotations. The residencies
afford faculty the opportunity to provide students with direct support, guidance,
and mentoring while they provide students with the opportunity to interact
with faculty and collaborate with peers. The on-campus visits allow
faculty to ensure that 1) students are adequately prepared to enter the clinical
environment and 2) that students are adequately prepared to graduate from
the program.
For information about the online delivery format of this program, visit
Drexel's Online
MSN Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner web
page.
Curriculum
MSN - Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Track
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| INFO 526 | Information Innovation and Technology for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3.0 | |
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| NURS 500 | Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments | 3.0 | |
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| NURS 502 | Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care | 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 527 | Evidence-Based Approaches to Practice | 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 Seminar for Nurse Practitioners | 1.0 | |
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| Elective | 3.0 | ||
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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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