Curriculum Plan - DEN - Pediatric Specialty NP

For classes entering in prior years:

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If you attended prior to 2007-2008 and require a copy of your curriculum, please contact the Registrar's Office at [e-mail].

Current Curriculum Plan - NU.MS.ELN.PEDI

Note the following:

NP-839 (Year 2 Summer), can also be taken in Year 3 Spring.

5 practicum courses, 15 credits total, must be completed as listed in this curriculum plan.

Prerequisites

	Chemistry (no lab): Basic Chemistry, Intro to Chemistry, or Intro to Chemistry for Health Professions will be accepted
	Human Anatomy
	Human Growth and Development
	Human Nutrition
	Human Physiology
	Microbiology
	Statistics (undergraduate)

Year I, Term I, Fall

NS 601	History of Nursing Ideas	3
NS 621	Pathophysiology	3
NS 660	Nursing Process and Critical Thinking	6
NS 665	Health Assessment	3
HP 818	IMPACT 1: Interprofessional Practice	1
HP 001	Power, Privilege, & Positional	0
Total Credit Hours:		16

Year I, Term II, Spring

NS 622	Pharmacology	3
NS 661	Common Adult Health Problems and Clinical Judgment	6
NS 663	Biobehavioral Principles and Theories	5
HP 819	IMPACT 2: Interprofessional Project	1
Total Credit Hours:		15

Year I, Summer

NS 664	Population Health Nursing	5
NS 680	Nursing Care of Children and Families	3
NS 685	Nursing Care of Childbearing Families	3
Total Credit Hours:		11

Year II, Term I, Fall

NH 602	Hlth Care Policy & Politics	3
NH 720	Research for Clinical Practice	3
NP 715N	Advanced Pathophysiology	3
NP 762N	Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning Across the Lifespan	3
Total Credit Hours:		12

Year II, Term II, Spring

 

NP 721	Primary Care Child I Theory	3
NP 738	Advanced Pharm for Pediatrics	3
HP 821	IMPACT 3: Interprofessional Ethics	1
HP 999	Interprof Sem - 2nd Year Spr	0
Total Credit Hours:		7

Year II, Summer

 

NP 839	Professional Issues	2
NP 871A	Hlthcr of the Child Practicum	3
	Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		8

Year III, Term I, Fall

NP 821	Primary Care Child II Theory	3
NP 822	Adolescent Health Theory	3
NP 871B	Hlthcr of the Child Practicum	3
NP 871C	Hlthcr of the Child Practicum	3
Total Credit Hours:		12

Year III, Term II, Spring

 

NP 823	PC III: Primary Care of the Child with Special Health Care Needs	3
NP 871D	Hlthcr of the Child Practicum	3
NP 871E	Hlthcr of the Child Practicum	3
NS 891N	Scholarly Project	1
Total Credit Hours:		10

Total Credit Hours: 91

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