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Curriculum

MSN - 54 Credits:
The MSN nurse practitioner program starts a new cohort with each fall semester. Students can complete the MSN curriculum in two years attending full-time and three years part-time.

Core MSN courses are delivered online while courses with a clinical component are hybrid - combining online coursework and on campus attendance approximately 4-5 days per semester. On campus activities include lectures, seminars, simulation labs, group work, and examinations.

NUR 902: Scientific Foundations for the Advanced Practice Nurse
NUR 903: Healthcare Informatics
NUR 904: Health Policy and Advocacy
NUR 905: Patient Safety, Quality Improvement and Quality Management in Healthcare
NUR 906: Leadership in Complex Health Systems
NUR 907: Adv. Pathophysiology
NUR 908: Adv. Physical Assessment
NUR 909: Adv. Pharmacology
NUR 914: Biostatistics

Additional course requirements by concentration:
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
NUR 912: Health Promotion – Family
NUR 915: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Family
NUR 916: Clinical Diagnosis and Management II - Family
NUR 917: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Family
NUR 918: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV – Family

MSN FNP Curriculum Full-Time
MSN FNP Curriculum Part-Time

ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER
NUR 913: Health Promotion – Adult-Gerontology
NUR 925: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 926: Clinical Diagnosis and Management II - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 927: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 928: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV - Adult-Gerontology

MSN AGNP Curriculum Full-Time
MSN AGNP Curriculum Part-Time

PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER
NUR 952: Psychopharmacology and Neuropathological Basis of Mental Illness
NUR 953: Clinical Diagnosis & Management I – Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis
NUR 954: Clinical Diagnosis & Management II – Evidence Based Therapeutic Interventions
NUR 955: Clinical Diagnosis & Management III – Special Populations and Group
NUR 956: Clinical Management IV – Complex and Collaborative Mental Health Care

MSN PMHNP Curriculum Full-Time
MSN PMHNP Curriculum Part-Time

BSN-DNP - 70 Credits:

This program provides clinical, organizational and systems' leadership at the highest level. The program develops practitioners who design, implement and evaluate high quality and cost-effective health care services for diverse populations including the disadvantaged and underserved.

NUR 902: Scientific foundations for the advanced practice nurse
NUR 903: Healthcare informatics 
NUR 904: Health policy and advocacy 
NUR 905: Patient safety, quality improvement and quality management in healthcare
NUR 906: Leadership in complex health systems 
NUR 907: Advanced pathophysiology for the advanced practice registered nurse
NUR 908: Advanced physical assessment for the advanced practice registered nurse
NUR 909: Advanced pharmacology for the advanced practice registered nurse
NUR 914: Biostatistics
NUR 995: Doctor of nursing practice project I
NUR 996: Doctor of nursing practice project II
NUR 997: Doctor of nursing practice project III

Additional required courses, by concentration:
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
NUR 912: Health promotion – family 
NUR 915: Clinical diagnosis and management I – family
NUR 916: Clinical diagnosis and management II – family
NUR 917: Clinical diagnosis and management III – family
NUR 918: Clinical diagnosis and management IV – family
NUR 919: Clinical diagnosis and management V – clinical immersion - family 

DNP FNP Curriculum Full-Time
DNP FNP Curriculum Part-Time

ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER
NUR 913: Health promotion – adult-gerontology 
NUR 925: Clinical diagnosis and management I – adult-gerontology 
NUR 926: Clinical diagnosis and management II – adult-gerontology 
NUR 927: Clinical diagnosis and management III – adult-gerontology 
NUR 928: Clinical diagnosis and management IV – adult-gerontology 
NUR 929: Clinical diagnosis and management V – clinical immersion – adult-gerontology 

DNP AGNP Curriculum Full-Time
DNP AGNP Curriculum Part-Time

PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER
NUR 952: Psychopharmacology and Neuropathological Basis of Mental Illness
NUR 953: Clinical Diagnosis & Management I – Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis
NUR 954: Clinical Diagnosis & Management II – Evidence Based Therapeutic Interventions
NUR 955: Clinical Diagnosis & Management III – Special Populations and Group
NUR 956: Clinical Management IV – Complex and Collaborative Mental Health Care NUR 957: Clinical Management V – Clinical Immersion – Psychiatric Mental Health

DNP PMHNP Curriculum Full-Time
DNP PMHNP Curriculum Part-Time

Post-graduate Certificates

Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

NUR 913: Health Promotion – Adult-Gerontology
NUR 925: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 926: Clinical Diagnosis and Management II - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 927: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 928: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV - Adult-Gerontology 

AGNP Certificate Curriculum

Family Nurse Practitioner

NUR 912: Health Promotion – Family
NUR 915: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Family
NUR 916: Clinical Diagnosis and Management II - Family
NUR 917: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Family
NUR 918: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV – Family

FNP Certificate Curriculum

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner:

NUR 952: Psychopharmacology and Neuropathological Basis of Mental Illness 
NUR 953: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis 
NUR 954: Clinical Diagnosis and Management II – Evidence- Based Therapeutic Interventions
NUR 955: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Special Populations and Group
NUR 956: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV - Complex and Collaborative Mental Health Care 

PMHNP Certificate Curriculum


Historic curriculum trajectories available upon request, contact CON.SpartanNursing@msu.edu.