Leadership in clinical practice. Adult Health CNS focus on providing care to adults experiencing physiologic problems and related social and behavioral concerns. Expert knowledge and advanced practice concepts are applied to the care of individuals, families, and groups.
Many students are part time.
Most courses are scheduled in the evening. A limited selection of courses are available in the summer. Adult Health CNS program includes 52.5 credits, with 500 clinical hours. The curriculum develops core adult health CNS advanced practice nursing competencies while building expert knowledge and skill in a student selected specialty area. Students may decide the focus of clinical courses, such as oncology, neurology, cardiology, orthopedics, gerontology or others.