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Women’s Health NP Track Plan of Study – 58 credits

Year 1
Fall Quarter

Year 1
Winter Quarter

Year 1
Spring Quarter

Year 1
Summer Quarter

*Basic Physiology Screening Examination

NURS 500
Confronting Issues
In Contemporary Health Care Environments
(3 credits)

RSCH 519
Introduction to Biostatistics
(3 credits)

NURS 502
Advanced Ethical Decision-Making in Nursing
(3 credits)

RSCH 523
Methods for Health Research
(3 credits)

INFO 526
Information, Innovation, and Technology in Advanced Nursing Practice
(3 credits)

NURS 527
Evidenced-based Approaches to Practice
(3 credits)

NURS 549
Advanced Pharmacology
(3 credits)

*ELECTIVE
(3 credits)

Year 2
Fall Quarter

Year 2
Winter Quarter

Year 2
Spring Quarter

Year 2
Summer Quarter

NURS 548
Advanced Pathophysiology
(3 credits)

** NURS 680
Primary Care for WHNP
(3 credits)

NURS 664
Nurse Practitioner Role Development
(1 credit)

Mandatory Track Orientation

**NURS 682
Pharmacology for Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioners
(3 credits)

**NURS 550
Advanced Physical Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning
(4 credits)
-Includes two (2) mandatory on-campus visits

(3 credits)

Mandatory Clinical Orientation

Clinical Rotations Begin

**NURS 690
WHNP I: Management and Care of the Gynecological Needs of Women I – Common Gynecological Needs of Women Throughout the Lifecycle
(5 credits)

Mandatory On-Campus Residency Week

Year 3
Fall Quarter

Year 3
Winter Quarter

Year 3
Spring Quarter

 

**NURS 691
WHNP II:  Management and Care of the Gynecological Needs of Women II – Complex Gynecological Needs of Women Throughout the Lifecycle
(5 credits)

Mandatory On-Campus Visit (SP/HPS)

**NURS 692
WHNP III: Management and Care of the Obstetrical Needs of Women and Families I – Low Risk Preconception and Pregnancy
(5 credits)

Mandatory On-Campus Visit (SP/HPS)

**NURS 693
WHNP IV:  Management and Care of the Obstetrical Needs of Women and Families II – High Risk Obstetrics, Low and High Risk Post Partum Care
(5 credits)

Mandatory On-Campus Residency Week

KEY
Core Courses
Support Courses
Clinical Courses

*Student is

  • Required to take the Basic Physiology Screening Examination during their first quarter prior to enrolling in NURS 548;
  • Strongly encouraged to take the NURS 520 Advanced Physiology course as the student’s elective if a grade of 75 in the screening examination is not achieved.

**Mandatory scheduled weekly online class time

Track Coordinator:

Kymberlee Montgomery, DrNP, WHNP-BC
215-762-3102
kae33@drexel.edu