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Adult Acute Care 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 (3 course units)
NURS761 - Principles of Acute Care I
NURS762 - Principles of Acute Care II
NURS763 - Principles of Acute Care III

Clinical Courses (4 course units)
NURS764 - Advanced Technologies & Clinical Decisions in Acute Care
NURS765 - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Professional Role & Clinical Practicum I
NURS766 - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Professional Role and Clinical Practicum II
NURS767 - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Professional Role & Clinical Practicum III

Elective Courses (1 course unit)
ELEC001 - Graduate Nursing Elective #1
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NURS511 - Loss, Grief and Bereavement
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NURS768 - Role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist


Suggested Plan(s) of Study

Full Time Plan of Study

Spring Start Plan of Study

Summer Start Full Time

Part Time - 2 Year - Plan of Study

Part Time - 3 Year - Plan of Study


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