CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST

Purdue University Calumet - School of Nursing

On-Line Master of Science Program, Part Time Plan of Study

Clinical Nurse Specialist: Adult Health or Critical Care
Course Requirements: (45 semester hours)

Year I

Semester 1: Fall

NUR 501: Foundations of Advanced Practice Nursing

*NUR 500: Theoretical Constructs in Nursing

Semester 2: Spring

NUR 505: Sociocultural Influences on Health

NUR 510: Nursing Research

Semester 3: Summer

NUR 656: Health Care Organization, Policy and Economics

Elective: (2 credit course)

Year II

Semester 4: Fall

NUR 507: Physiologic Concepts for Advanced Practice Nursing

NUR 503: Advanced Health Assessment

Semester 5: Spring

NUR 502: Pharmacotherapeutics in Advanced Practice

NUR 511: Concepts and Applications of Health Promotion for Advanced Practice Nursing

Semester 6: Summer

NUR 527: Ethics for Advanced Practice Nursing

Year III

Semester 7: Fall

NUR 600: Adult Health CNS I or NUR 602: Critical Care CNS I

NUR 601: Adult Health CNS Practicum I or NUR 603: Critical Care CNS Practicum I

Semester 8: Spring

NUR 618: Adult Health CNS II or NUR 630: Critical Care CNS II

NUR 620: Adult Health CNS Practicum II or NUR 635: Critical Care CNS Practicum II

Semester 9: Summer

NUR 658: Adult Health CNS Practicum III: Clinical Synthesis or NUR 659: Critical Care CNS Practicum III: Clinical Synthesis

NUR 655: Seminar in Advanced Practice Nursing

*Students who need to take a statistics course semester 1 (fall) will take NUR 500: Theoretical Constructs in Nursing semester 3 (summer).