The DNP – Adult/Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist curriculum focuses on the knowledge and skills required to educate advanced practice nurses to provide patient-centered, quality care to a culturally diverse population of adults, in a variety of settings. Interdisciplinary coordination, patient education, quality improvement and project development activities are emphasized. Nurses are educated for practice that is evidence-based, collaborative, and reflective of an understanding of current health care delivery, as well as, economic, ethical, and professional issues.
Upon completion, graduates are eligible to sit for national certification examinations and to apply for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license.
Clinical practice sites are generally located in the Kansas City metropolitan area, but may extend across the state of Kansas and other communities where students are located. Clinical hours in the CNS courses are arranged with the course coordinator at the beginning of each semester.. Please review the preceptor process for more information.
The Adult/Gerontological CNS curriculum requires 75 credit hours of coursework. The majority of required courses are available online, although the entire program is not fully available in a distance education format. Attendance on campus at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City is required for the following courses: NRSG 810, NRSG 862, NRSG 863, NRSG 865 and NRSG 866.
Summary of Course Requirements
| Common Core | Course |
Credit Hrs. |
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NRSG 748 |
Theories for Practice and Research: Individual, Family, Community |
3 |
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NRSG 754 |
Health Care Research |
3 |
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NRSG 755 |
Health Care Professionalism: Issues and Roles |
3 |
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Advanced Practice Core |
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NRSG 806 |
Advanced Physiology |
4 |
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NRSG 731 |
Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics |
1 |
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NRSG 809 |
Health Promotion |
3 |
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NRSG 810 |
Advanced Health Assessment |
5 |
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NRSG 812 |
Advanced Pathophysiology |
3 |
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NRSG 813 |
Applied Drug Therapy |
3 |
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Adult/Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist Specialty Core |
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NRSG 862/863 |
Adult/Gerontological Health Care I & Practicum |
3 & 2 |
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NRSG 865/866 |
Adult/Gerontological Health Care II & Practicum |
3 & 4 |
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NRSG 868 |
Adult/Gerontological Health Care III: CNS Preceptorship |
3 |
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DNP Core |
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NRSG 808 |
Social Context for Health care Policy |
2 |
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NRSG 804 |
Interpreting Research for Applied Science |
3 |
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NRSG 941 |
Preparing the Doctoral Leader |
3 |
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PRVM 800 |
Principles of Epidemiology |
3 |
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Capstone |
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NRSG 980 |
Capstone Project for DNP |
6 |
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DNP Specialty Area: Adult/Gero Clinical Nurse Specialist |
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Student selects 15 credits of DNP specialty courses, in nursing or other related disciplines |
15 total |
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Total Credits Required for DNP degree |
75 |
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Sample Plans of Study: Full time ------ Or ------ Part time
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