Certified Nurse Practitioner To MSN Program
Chair: Dr. Karen Karlowicz
Graduate Program Director: Dr. Laurel Garzon
Role Coordinator: Dr..Laurel Garzon (lgarzon@odu.edu)
The student must complete 24 credits of required courses and select 6 credits of graduate nursing electives.
REQUIRED COURSES:
Course Number
Course Name
Cr.
First Semester (Fall)
| NURS 610 | Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice | 3 |
| NURS 686 | Synthesis of Advanced Practice Concepts | 3 |
| NURS 735 | Health Care Systems I | 3 |
| Total | 9 |
Second Semester (Spring)
| NURS 611 | Research I: Introduction to Design | 3 |
| NURS 740 | Health Care Systems II | 3 |
| Total | 6 |
Third Semester (Summer)
| NURS 640 | Research II: Methodologies and Applications | 3 |
| NURS 745 | Health Care Systems III | 3 |
| NURS 613 | Issues in Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| Total | 9 |
ELECTIVE COURSES:
Select six credits from the following courses during the semesters they are offered.
Spring
| NURS 780 | Financial Issues in Nursing Administration | 3 |
| NURS 746 | Epidemiology | 3 |
| NURS 620 | Professional Relationships & Human Resources Mgmt. | 3 |
Or selected NP courses with permission of the instructor.
To obtain information about the program please contact Dr. Laurel Garzon, GPD and Role Coordinator at 757-683-5255 or Sue Parker, Coordinator of Graduate Student Services 757-683-4298 or 1-800-572-2762 (sparker@odu.edu).