Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP)
Multiple Entry Options
Program Length (full-time study)
| Non-nurses |
3 semesters pre-specialty + 3 semesters ACNP courses |
| ASN or diploma RNs |
2 semesters RN pre-specialty + 3 semesters ACNP courses |
| Post-master’s |
Program length & courses determined by individual portfolio analysis |
Sample Full-time Curriculum Plan for Specialty Year
Semesters based on full-time study. Part-time study also available. See our Student Handbook for two-year and three-year part-time options.
| FALL - SEMESTER I |
| 300 |
Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice |
2 |
| 305f |
Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning for the ACNP |
3 |
| 305b |
Advanced Health Assessment Applications for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners |
1 |
| 306a |
Advanced Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Foundations of Acute Care |
4 |
| 307c |
Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners |
3 |
| 340a |
Pathophysiology and Collaborative Management in Acute Care I |
3 |
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16 |
| SPRING - SEMESTER II |
| 301 |
Research Methods for Advanced Nursing Practice |
3 |
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| 340b |
Pathophysiology and Collaborative Management in Acute Care II |
3 |
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| 342 |
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practicum |
4 |
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Elective |
2 |
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| 12 |
| SUMMER - SEMESTER III |
| 302 |
Theory, Research, and Advanced Nursing Practice: Integration & Application |
2 |
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| 303 |
Health Care Delivery Systems |
2 |
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| 304 |
Transitions to the Advanced Practice Role |
1 |
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| 340c |
Pathophysiology and Collaborative Management in Acute Care III |
2 |
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| 343 |
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Preceptorship |
4 |
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| 11 |
