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Adult Health Nurse Practitioner Program

Course of Study

Core Courses (4 course units)
NURS508 - Applied Pharmacology in Nursing Practice
NURS607 - Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology
NURS637 - Introduction to Research Methods and Design
NURS657 - Clinical Decision Making in Advanced Nursing Practice

Theory Courses (2 course units)
NURS646 - Primary Care of the Middle Aged and Older Adult
NURS656 - Primary Care Concepts in Urban Health

Clinical Courses (3 course units)
NURS647 - Clinical: Primary Care of the Middle Aged and Older Adult
NURS661 - Clinical Management of Primary Care with Adults
NURS663 - Advanced Concepts in Primary Care

Elective Courses (3 course units)
ELEC001 - Graduate Nursing Elective #1
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NURS628 - Mental Health and Aging
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NURS644 - Health Care in an Aging Society


Suggested Plan(s) of Study

Full Time Plan of Study

2 Year Plan of Study


Program Director
Valerie Cotter, MSN, CRNP, FAANP
cottervt@nursing.upenn.edu

Associate Director
Deborah Cross, MPH, CRNP
cross@nursing.upenn.edu

Student Services
Andrea Allmayer, EdM
allmayer@nursing.upenn.edu

Mailing Address:
Penn Nursing
Claire M. Fagin Hall
418 Curie Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217