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Curriculum Structure Foundational Core Components
These courses are required of all M.S. in Nursing students and are intended to serve as prerequisites for remaining program requirements.
NUR 501 Theoretical Basis of Nursing Practice 3 SH
NUR 502 Contemporary Issues in Health Care Delivery 2 SH
NUR 504 Nursing Research (Prereq: NUR 501) 3 SH
NUR 511 Foundations of Clinical Nursing Practice 3 SH
     
Advanced Practice: Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner:
NUR 515 Advanced Pathophysiology 3 SH
NUR 570 Advanced Clinical Pharmacology 3 SH
NUR 575 Advanced Health Assessment 3 SH
NUR 580 Nursing Management of the Acutely Ill Adult 2 SH
NUR 585 Nursing Management of the Chronically Ill Adult 2 SH
 
Clinical Practice: Nurse Practitioner
NUR 582 The Adult Nurse Practitioner and the Acutely Ill Adult Practicum 4 SH
NUR 588 The Adult Nurse Practitioner and the Chronically Ill Adult Practicum 4 SH
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Clinical Practice: Clinical Nurse Specialist  
NUR 583 The Clinical Nurse Specialist and the Acutely Ill Adult Practicum 4 SH
NUR 587 The Clinical Nurse Specialist and the Chronically Ill Adult Practicum 4 SH
   
Capstone course for all students  
NUR 590 Professional Role Enactment 4 SH
  Total Semester Hours: 36 SH
 
Required of All Students
All M.S. in Nursing students must complete a thesis or research project. Thesis work begins in NUR 504, then continues under the direction of a thesis adviser. Students should register for GRA 799 in order to receive continued thesis advisement after completing NUR 504.
  Post-Master's Study: Adult Nurse Practitoner
 

The department of nursing also offers post-master’s course work that prepares adult nurse practitioners to be eligible to take the adult nurse practitioner certificate exam. Admission to the program requires the following:

  • M.S. in Nursing with a significant clinical component
  • NUR 570, Advanced Clinical Pharmacology, or equivalent; or licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse in either Connecticut or New York
  • Basic skills in health assessment, as evidenced by completion of a formal or continuing education program in the past five years or via paper-and-pencil testing prior to entry into the program.

Students are required to take the following courses:

NUR 575 Advanced Health Assessment 3 SH
NUR 580 Nursing Management of the Acutely Ill Adult 6 SH
NUR 585 Nursing Management of the Chronically Ill Adult 6 SH
NUR 590 Professional Role Enactment 4 SH