Adult Health

Clinical Nurse Specialist: Adult Health

Program Description: The Clinical Nurse Specialist: Adult Health option provides students with advanced clinical nursing skills to address health promotion needs of adults and to collaborate with members of the health care team in managing episodic and chronic health care problems of adults in acute care, ambulatory care, HMOs, long-term care, and home care settings. This option consists of 43 credits in the areas of the graduate nursing care core, advanced practice core, adult health clinical specialization and functional specialization. Students must complete 500 hours of clinical practice under the direct supervision of qualified preceptors. Graduates who complete this course of study may take the examination for certification by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Medical-Surgical Nursing.

Program Sequence: Below is the suggested sequence for study in the Clinical Nurse Specialist: Adult Health option. All courses are offered in a part-time evening sequence. Click on the course number below for a description of the course.

Clinical Nurse Specialist: Adult Health Option

Semester 1			Semester 2
NSG 551	Advanced Pharmacology	3	NSG 512	Concepts & Theories	3
NSG 552	Pathophysiology	3	NSG 514	Foundations of APN	3
Semester 3			Semester 4
NSG 517	Research Anal. & Util.	3	Functional Area Course*		3
			NSG 557	Episodic Adult	2
			NSG 576	Clin. Mgmt. Episodic	3
Semester 5			Semester 6
NSG 562	Care Chronic Adult	2	NSG 555	Legal,Ethical, Pub. Pol.	3
NSG 577	Clin Mgmt. Chronic	3	Functional Area Course**		3
Semester 7			Semester 8
Functional Practicum**		3	NSG 599	Synthesis	3
			NSG 591	Clinical Synthesis	3

TOTAL CREDITS: 43

*Functional area/practicum courses include the following:

For those who select Nursing Education--NSG 504, NSG 505, and NSG 535
For those who select Nursing Administration--OM 509, NSG 525, and NSG 545