Home Health Advanced Practice Nursing graduates are prepared to be certified as Family Nurse Practitioners and/or clinical nurse specialists. Clinical hours in the program total 600 and take place in a wide variety of urban and rural health care agencies in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
56 credits required for graduation.
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| NU 701 |
Nursing Theories and Conceptual Models |
2 |
| NU 706 |
Introduction to Nursing Leadership |
3 |
| NU 707 |
Nursing Case Management/Leadership I |
3 |
| NU 708 |
Nursing Research |
3 |
| NU 721 |
Health Policy/Decision Making |
2 |
| NU 724 |
Conceptual Basis for Community Health Nursing |
3 |
| NU 741 |
Human Pathophysiology |
4 |
| NU 742 |
Advanced Practice Nursing Pharmacology |
4 |
| NU 744 |
Community and Family Health Promotion |
3 |
| NU 745 |
Advanced Physical Assessment and Diagnostics |
4 |
| NU 750 |
Advanced Practice Nursing in Primary Healthcare |
3 |
| NU 751 |
Advanced Practice Nursing in Pediatrics |
2 |
| NU 752 |
Advanced Practice Nursing in Women's Health |
2 |
| NU 753 |
Advanced Practice Nursing in Geriatrics |
2 |
| NU 754 |
Advanced Practice Nursing in Trauma/Urgent Care |
2 |
| NU 791 |
Integration of Advanced Practice Nursing Role |
2 |
| NU 7901-7906 |
Series of Six Clinical Practice - Students may scheduled up to 3 credits of clinical practice each term |
up to 3 credits/term |
| PRL 713 |
Leadership and Ethics |
3 |
| NU 798 or NU 799 |
Research Seminar or Master's Thesis |
3 |
