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ACUTE CARE ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE
The Acute Care Advanced Practice Nurse is prepared to assess and manage
the full continuum of care services for the acutely and critically ill.
The core knowledge provided in the specialty course work is based on
the full spectrum of high acuity patient care needs. Upon completion
of the Acute Care APN curriculum, the nurse is eligible for Acute Care
Nurse Practitioner Certification and/or Clinical Nurse Specialist through
the American Nurses' Association.
The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:
Acute Care APN Specialty Courses
|
Credits |
ID560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
OR
NU560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics |
3 |
| NU673 Comprehensive Assessment for Advanced
Nursing Practice |
3 |
PA570 Pathologic Aspects of Disease
OR
NU570 Pathophysiology of Human Disease |
3 |
| NU631 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical
Decision Making for Acute Care |
3 |
| Advanced Practice Nurse I |
3 |
| NU632 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical
Decision Making for Acute Care |
3 |
| Advanced Practice Nurse II |
3 |
| NU633 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical
Decision Making for Acute Care |
3 |
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Advanced Practice Nurse III
|
3 |
View the Nurse Practitioner
and Clinical Nurse Specialist Full-Time Plan of Study
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and Clinical Nurse Specialist Part-Time Plan of Study
Acute Care Coordinator: Kathleen Higgins, RN, CCRN, CS,
MSN, CRNP Kathleen.Higgins@jefferson.edu
ADULT ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE
The Adult APN acquires advanced knowledge for the roles
of both clinical nurse specialists and adult nurse practitioners.
The APN is prepared to manage the entire continuum of care
for patients in a variety of health care settings.. Upon
completion of the Adult Advanced Practice Nurse track, students
are eligible for Adult Nurse Practitioner Certification and/or
Clinical Nurse Specialist through the American Nurses' Association.
The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:
Adult APN Specialty Courses
|
Credits |
ID560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
OR
NU560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics |
3 |
| NU673 Comprehensive Assessment for Advanced
Nursing Practice |
3 |
PA570 Pathologic Aspects of Disease
OR
NU570 Pathophysiology of Human Disease |
3 |
| NU674 Management of Common Health Problems
in Primary Care |
3 |
| NU630 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical
Decision Making for
Adult Advanced Practice Nurse II |
3 |
| NU676 Chronic Illness and Health Problems
of the Adult and Older
Adult in Ambulatory Care |
3 |
View the Nurse Practitioner
and Clinical Nurse Specialist Full-Time Plan of Study
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and Clinical Nurse Specialist Part-Time Plan of Study
Adult Health Coordinator: Dr. Mary Powell Mary.Powell@jefferson.edu
COMMUNITY SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION (CSA)
The professional nurse with the CSA specialty will focus
on prevention and primary care. A variety of emerging healthcare
organizations are demanding visionary nursing leaders in
administrative roles. The nurse will gain knowledge and skills
necessary to plan, design, and evaluate healthcare programs
in a variety of settings.
The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:
CSA Specialty Courses |
Credits |
| GC610 Strategic Management |
3 |
ID560 Fiscal Management
OR
NU691 Healthcare Economics & Financial Management for Nurses |
3 |
| Elective |
3 |
| NU681 Community Systems Administration
I |
3 |
| NU682 Community Systems Administration
II |
3 |
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NU683 Community Systems Administration III |
3 |
View the CSA Full-Time Plan of
Study
View the CSA Part-Time Plan of Study
CSA Newsletter 2006 (PDF)
CSA Program Coordinator: Dr. Molly Rose Molly.Rose@jefferson.edu
COMMUNITY SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
AND FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER (CSA FNP)
The professional CSA FNP Nurse integrates the knowledge
and expertise needed to plan, implement and evaluate care
for individuals, families, aggregates and communities. Community-based
healthcare settings need advanced practice nursing leadership
to direct and deliver care. The nurse develops additional
care management knowledge as well as proficiency in management,
design and implementation of community healthcare systems.
The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:
CSA FNP Specialty Courses
|
Credits |
ID570 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
OR
NU560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics |
3 |
| NU673 Comprehensive Assessment for Advanced
Nursing Practice |
3 |
PA570 Pathologic Aspects of Disease
OR
NU570 Pathophysiology of Human Disease |
3 |
| ID570 Fiscal Management |
3 |
| NU674 Management of Common Health Problems
in Primary Care |
3 |
| NU675 Management of Women and Children |
3 |
| NU676 Chronic Illness and Health Problems
of the Adult and Older Adult in Ambulatory Care |
3 |
| NU681 Community Systems Administration
I |
3 |
| NU682 Community Systems Administration
II |
3 |
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NU683 Community Systems Administration III |
3 |
View the CSA FNP Full-Time Plan
of Study
View the CSA FNP Part-Time Plan
of Study
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER (FNP)
The professional nurse will be educated to deliver comprehensive
primary care to clients from infancy to adulthood. The curriculum
emphasis is on interdisciplinary collaboration and strategies
for meeting patients' primary care needs through a family-centered
approach to health promotion and illness intervention.
The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:
FNP Specialty Courses
|
Credits |
ID560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
OR
NU560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics |
3 |
| NU673 Comprehensive Assessment for Advanced
Nursing Practice |
3 |
PA570 Pathologic Aspects of Disease
OR
NU570 Pathophysiology of Human Disease |
3 |
| NU674 Management of Common Health Problems
in Primary Care |
3 |
| NU675 Management of Women and Children |
3 |
| NU676 Chronic Illness and Health Problems
of the Adult and Older Adult in Ambulatory Care |
3 |
View the FNP Full-Time Plan
of Study
View the FNP Part-Time Plan of Study
Family NP Coordinator: Norma Mann, RN, APN-C; Norma.Mann@jefferson.edu
NEONATAL NURSE PRACTITIONER
(NNP)
The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner program prepares graduates
in the care of neonates and their mothers. NNPs practice
in hospitals, neonatal intensive care units, labor and delivery,
outpatient clinics and transport services providing and managing
comprehensive health care to critically ill neonates and
their families as well as collaboration with maternal child
health care disciplines. Graduates of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
program are eligible for Neonatal Nurse practitioner certification
through the National Certification.
The
NNP program has a Neonatal Education Consortium Grand from
the Federal Department of Health and human services.
View additional information on the Neonatal Education Consortium
grant via the links below.
Read
the Nursing Spectrum Article "Save the Babies: Teach
NNPs"
Neonatal Education Consortium
Grant
The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:
| NNP Specialty Courses |
Credits |
NU 570 Pathophysiology of Human Disease
OR
PA 570 Pathophysiology of Human Disease |
3 |
| NU 662 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical
Decision Making For Neonatal Nurse Practitioner I |
3 |
| NU 663 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical
Decision Making For Neonatal Nurse Practitioner II |
3 |
| NU 664 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical
Decision Making For Neonatal Nurse Practitioner III |
3 |
| NU 665 Comprehensive Assessment for Clinical
Decision Making of the Mother and the Neonate |
3 |
| NU 666 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics for
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner |
3 |
View the Nurse Practitioner and Clinical
Nurse Specialist Full-Time Plan of Study
View the Nurse Practitioner and Clinical
Nurse Specialist Part-Time Plan of Study
NNP Program Coordinator: Dr. Ksenia Zukowsky Ksenia.Zukowsky@jefferson.edu
NURSE ANESTHESIA (CRNA)
Jefferson 's Nurse Anesthesia program is designed to prepare
nurses to provide anesthesia care to patients undergoing
surgical and obstetrical procedures and to provide pain relief
in a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals
of all sizes, outpatient clinics and physicians' offices.
Nurse anesthetists administer approximately 65% of all anesthetics
given to patients each year in the United States.
Earn an MSN in Nurse Anesthesia in eight semesters (30 months)
at Jefferson.
Students may begin the program in January of each year.
Jefferson 's 74-credit curriculum is based on three cores:
a nursing core that includes a research component, an anesthesia
core and a clinical core.
View the Nurse Anesthesia Full-Time Plan
of Study
CRNA Program Director: Julia Feliciano MSN, CRNA
NURSING INFORMATICS (NI)
The Nursing Informatics Specialty prepares the professional
nurse to address the clinical information and knowledge issues
facing healthcare now and in the future. Specific foci include
development and implementation of clinical information systems
for data analysis, patient care management or education and
provide clinical education, research and knowledge dissemination
alternatives. The NI specialty prepares student to support
the delivery of health care with a combination of computer
science, information science, and nursing science. Nursing
Informatics specialists have been extremely effective in
collaborating with other health disciplines to better use
information systems to analyze patient and clinical performance
data and incorporate roles associated with education, project
management, product design, consultancy, and performance
of research and evaluation of health care outcomes. Graduates
of the Nursing Informatics Specialty are eligible for Nursing
Informatics Clinical Nurse Specialist certification through
the American Nurses' Association.
The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:
| NI SPECIALTY COURSES |
Credits |
ID 570 Financial Management of Healthcare
Organizations
OR
NU691 Healthcare Economics & Financial Management for Nurses
|
3 |
| NU 689 Health Care Informatics: Ethics,
Issues and Trends |
3 |
| NU 690 Nursing Informatics Project management |
3 |
| NU 693 Nursing Informatics Seminar and
Practicum I |
3 |
| NU 694 Nursing Informatics Seminar and
Practicum II |
3 |
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NU 695 Nursing Informatics Seminar and Practicum III
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3 |
View the Nurse Informatics Specialist
Full-Time Plan of Study
View the Nurse Informatics Specialist
Part-Time Plan of Study
Nursing Informatics Program Coordinator: Elizabeth Elkind,
MSN, MBA, RNC Elizabeth.Elkind@jefferson.edu
ONCOLOGY ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE
The Oncology APN gains expertise for management of the care
of patient and their families s with cancer through the continuum
of illness. Graduates are eligible for Adult Nurse Practitioner
Certification through the American Nurses' Association and/or
Oncology Nurse Certification through the Oncology Nursing
Society.
The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:
Oncology APN Specialty Courses |
Credits |
ID560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
OR
NU560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics |
3 |
| NU673 Comprehensive Assessment for Advanced
Nursing Practice |
3 |
PA570 Pathologic Aspects of Disease
OR
NU570 Pathophysiology of Human Disease |
3 |
| NU674 Management of Common Health Problems
in Primary Care |
3 |
| NU634 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical
Decision Making for Oncology Advanced Practice Nurse
I |
3 |
| NU635 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical
Decision Making for Oncology Advanced Practice Nurse
II |
3 |
View the Nurse Practitioner
and Clinical Nurse Specialist Full-Time Plan of Study
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Nurse Specialist Part-Time Plan of Study
Oncology Program Coordinator: Theresa P. Yeo, PhD, MPH, ACNP
Theresa.Yeo@jefferson.edu
PEDIATRIC ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE
The purpose of the Pediatric APN specialty is to prepare
graduates in the advanced care to children and their families.
Pediatric advanced practice nurses provide care in clinical
practice, school-based health, home health, public health,
acute and long-term care settings. The Pediatric APN is prepared
to manage the direct care of infants and children, and incorporate
the various roles associated with advanced nursing practice
in a variety of care settings. The Pediatric APN graduates
are eligible for Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and/or Clinical
Nurse Specialist certification through the American Nurses'
Association and the National Certification Board of Pediatric
Nurse Practitioners and Nurses.
The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum
Pediatric APN Specialty Courses
|
Credits |
ID560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
OR
NU560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics |
3 |
| NU673 Comprehensive Assessment for Advanced
Nursing Practice |
3 |
PA570 Pathologic Aspects of Disease
OR
NU570 Pathophysiology of Human Disease |
3 |
| NU640 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical
Decision Making for Pediatric Advanced Practice Nurse
I |
3 |
| NU641 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical
Decision Making for Pediatric Advanced Practice Nurse
II |
3 |
| NU642 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical
Decision Making for Pediatric Advanced Practice Nurse
III |
3 |
View the Nurse Practitioner
and Clinical Nurse Specialist Full-Time Plan of Study
View the Nurse Practitioner and Clinical
Nurse Specialist Part-Time Plan of Study
Pediatric Program Coordinator: Beth Ann Swan, PhD, CRNP)
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