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Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist

Course of Study

Core Courses (5 course units)
NURS508 - Applied Pharmacology in Nursing Practice
NURS549 - Quality Improvement Process in Healthcare
NURS607 - Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology
NURS637 - Introduction to Research Methods and Design
NURS657 - Clinical Decision Making in Advanced Nursing Practice

Theory Courses (5 course units)
NURS646 - Primary Care of the Middle Aged and Older Adult
NURS761 - Principles of Acute Care I
NURS762 - Principles of Acute Care II
NURS763 - Principles of Acute Care III
NURS768 - Role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist

Clinical Courses (2 course units)
NURS769 - Clinical Nurse Specialist Clinical I
NURS770 - Clinical Nurse Specialist Clinical II

Suggested Plan(s) of Study

Full Time Plan of Study

Spring Start Plan of Study

Summer Start Plan of Study

Part Time Plan of Study - 2 Year

Part Time Plan of Study - 3 Year


Program Director
Deborah Ellen Becker, PhD, CRNP, BC
debecker@nursing.upenn.edu

Associate Director
Caroline Doherty, MSN, CRNP, BC
ctl@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