GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT: Advanced Nursing Studies FORM COMPLETED BY: Julie Ossege EMAIL ADDRESS: ossegej@nku.edu SECTION 1: Graduate Degree Program Core Curriculum Academic Degree Program: Master of Science in Nursing of Required for Program (includes all semester hours required to complete the program, i.e. Integrative Studies 42 semester hours): It varies MSN- NI=41 MSN NEL = 38 MSN EDUCATION = 43 MSN FNP = 49 MSN ANP =46 MSN PNP= 44 MSN ACUTE CARE NP =46 Is the Program an Interdisciplinary Program? If yes, click in the following box Step 1 - List Program Core Courses in Table 1: Core is defined as a set of disciplinespecific courses required for all students in the degree program. The core must constitute at least 50% of all coursework in the program. For example, if the program requires 30 total hours, then at least 15 hours must be discipline-specific courses (the core). Core courses can be a choice of one of two or two of three but no other course options are permitted for the core. Core courses (discipline-specific) in a specialization or concentration can be added to program core to calculate the 50% program requirement. All courses required to complete a specialization or concentration should be listed in Section 2 tables. Table 1: Program Core Curriculum MSN/PRIMARY CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER
RESEARCH OPTIONS : NRP 689 Foundations of Evidence Based Practice 2 NRP 688 Qualitative Research 2 OR: NRP 697 Investigative Project 3 NRP 691 Thesis Preparation 1-6 BIO 668 Advanced Human Physiology 4 NRP 606 Advanced Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning 2 NRP 607 Issues in Advanced Practice 1 NRP 608 Clinical Pharmacology and Intervention 2 NRP 633L Primary Care Residency I 2 NRP 634L Primary Care Residency II 2 NRP 635L Primary Care Residency III 2 NRP 636L Primary Care Residency IV (if needed) 1 TOTAL HOURS IN PROGRAM CORE = 36 hours Next Step: If major or area requires students to complete a Concentration or Specialization, complete Section 2. If not, skip Section 2 and go to Section 3 to enter additional courses needed to complete degree requirements. These would include electives and discipline courses where student would have a choice of multiple courses from a list. Table 1: Program Core Curriculum MSN/ACUTE CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER RESEARCH OPTIONS depend on the track the student is in: NEL and Nursing
Informatics students will do a capstone to satisfy the research requirement. All other MSN students choose one of the options below: NRP 689 Foundations of Evidence Based Practice 2 NRP 688 Qualitative Research 2 OR: NRP 697 Investigative Project 3 NRP 691 Thesis Preparation 1-6 NRP 605 Clinical Pharmacology in Adult Acute Care 1 NRP 606 Advanced Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning 2 NRP 607 Issues in Advanced Practice 1 NRP 608 Clinical Pharmacology and Intervention 2 NRP 670 Adult health promotion 3 NRP 670L Acute Care Residency I 1 NRP 671 Acute/Emergent Problems I 3 NRP 671L Acute Care Residency II 1 NRP 672 Acute/Emergent Problems II 2 NRP 672L Acute Care Residency III 2 NRP 673L Acute Care Residency IV 2 NRP 675 Seminar for clinical decision making 1 NRP 676 Advanced Technologies for Acute care 2 NRP 690 On Campus Residency 0 Table 1: Program Core Curriculum MSN/NURSE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP NRP 621 Management of Human Resources 2 NRP 623 Nurse Executive Seminar I 3 NRP 623L Administrative Nursing Capstone I 1 NRP 624 Healthcare Strategic Planning and Analysis 3 NRP 626 Nurse Executive Seminar II 3 NRP 626L Administrative Nursing Capstone II 1 MBI 625 Information Systems in Organizations 3 PSY 550 Organizational Psychology 3 FIN 624 Accounting and Finance for Nurse Executives 3
Table 1: Program Core Curriculum MSN/NURSING INFORMATICS NRP 650 Semantic Representation 3 NRP 680L Capstone I: Advanced Practicum- Healthcare 3 Informatics Internship NRP 681L Capstone II: Advanced Practicum- Healthcare 2 Informatics Internship MBI 625 Information Systems in Organizations 3 MBI 630 Systems Analysis and Design 3 MBI 650 Information Technology Project Management 3 MBI 665 Knowledge Management and Decision Support 3 MBI 684 Business Analytics 3 Table 1: Program Core Curriculum MSN/NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH OPTIONS depend on the track the student is in: NEL and Nursing Informatics students will do a capstone to satisfy the research requirement. All other MSN students choose one of the options below: NRP 689 Foundations of Evidence Based Practice 2 NRP 688 Qualitative Research 2 OR: NRP 697 Investigative Project 3 NRP 691 Thesis Preparation 1-6 NRP 509 Curriculum Development in Nursing 2 NRP 510 Educational Foundations In Nursing 3 NRP 611 Role of the Nurse educator 2 NRP 642L Practicum I for Nurse Educators 2 NRP 643L Practicum II for Nurse Educators 2 EDG 624 Pupil Assessment and Evaluation 3
EDG 620 Learning and Motivation 3 SECTION 2: CONCENTRATION OR SPECIALIZATION Does the degree program require students to select a concentration (master) or specialization (doctorate) to complete requirements for the program? If so, complete one table for each option. If not, please ignore this section and move to Section 3. Step 2 (if applicable): Complete Table 2 listing core courses required for a concentration or specialization (all students must take) in Part 1 and other courses in Part 2 (would include courses where student can select number of hours from list of courses or non-discipline courses) Table 2: Concentration or Specialization 1 (list core discipline-specific courses first) Name: Primary Care- FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER Part 1: Core Courses for Concentration or Specialization NRP 609 Pediatric pharmacology 1 NRP 610 Geriatric pharmacology 1 NRP 613 Primary care of infants and children 3 NRP 614 Primary care of obstetric patients 1 NRP 615 Primary care of gynecologic patients 1 NRP 616 Primary care of the aged 2 NRP 618 Common health problems Across the lifespan 3 NRP 620 Primary Care of adults 2 Part 2: Other Courses including non-discipline-specific courses and courses where student chooses some from many options 4 Table 2: Concentration or Specialization 2 (list discipline specific courses first) Name: Primary Care PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER
NRP 609 Pediatric pharmacology 1 NRP 613 Primary care of infants and children 3 NRP 619 Primary care of adolescents 2 NRP 630 Children with chronic Illness and special needs 3 Other Courses including non-discipline-specific courses and courses where student chooses some from many options Table 2: Concentration or Specialization 6 (list discipline specific courses first) Name: Primary care ADULT NURSE PRACTITIONER Core Courses for Concentration or Specialization NRP 610 Geriatric pharmacology 1 NRP 615 Primary care of gynecologic patients 1 NRP 616 Primary care of the aged 2 NRP 618 Common health problems Across the lifespan 3 NRP 619 Primary care of adolescents 2 NRP 620 Primary Care of adults 2 Other Courses including non-discipline-specific courses and courses where student chooses some from many options If concentration or specialization has a core component, list the number of hours to be counted in the calculation of program s core (select the one with the least number of core hours):
SECTION 3: Required Courses for the Academic Program not included in Core, Concentration, or Specialization. Section 3 List courses that are not part of the core, specialization, or concentration. This section should include all discipline-specific course prerequisites (not included in core) for program and any other non-discipline-specific electives required for program. Electives can be a list of courses where student can choose 6 hours from list of courses and can be either in the discipline or free electives from another discipline. Table 3: Other Required Courses or Electives (list discipline-specific courses first) MSN- Nursing Education Choose 2 electives: EDG 606 Leadership in a Diverse Society 3 EDG 602 Technology in Education 3 BIO 668 Advanced Human Physiology 4 TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS IN CORE (Table 1): TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS REQUIRED FOR THE CONCENTRATION OR SPECIALIZATION REQUIRING LEAST NUMBER OF HOURS (Table 2): TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS IN ELECTIVES (Table 3): TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS REQUIRED FOR PROGRAM (total of Table 1, 2 (if applicable), and 3): Thank you for completing template. Please completed template to Mary Lepper, FH 508 or lepperm@nku.edu.