Women and Children

Clinical Nurse Specialist: Women and Children's Health

Program Description: The Clinical Nurse Specialist: Women and Children's Health option gives students the opportunity to develop advanced nursing skills to provide care to women and children in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings. The focus of this 45-credit program of study is the clinical management of common health promotion needs and problems of women and children. Students complete a minimum of 500 hours of precepted clinical practice along with courses in the graduate nursing core, the advanced practice core, and clinical and functional specialization areas. Graduates are prepared to work collaboratively with other health care providers in school-based clinics, well-child and prenatal clinics, inpatient obstetrical and pediatric units, ambulatory care, and other community agencies serving women and children. Students who complete this course of study may seek certification through the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing's (AWHONN) examinations in the areas of Ambulatory Women's Health, Maternal Newborn Nursing, and Low-Risk Neonatal Nursing.

Program Sequence: Below is the suggested sequence for full-time study in the Clinical Nurse Specialist:Women and Children's Health option. All courses are offered in a part-time evening sequence. Click on the course number below for a description of the course.

Advanced Practice Nursing: Health of Women and Children

Semester 1				Semester 2
NSG 551	Advanced Pharmacology		3	NSG 512	Concepts & Theories	3
NSG 552	Pathophysiology		3	NSG 514	Foundations of APN	3
Semester 3				Semester 4
NSG 517	Research Anal. & Util.		3	Functional Area Course*		3
				NSG 565	Health Care Child	3
				NSG 579	Clin. Mgmt. Children	3
Semester 5			Semester 6
NSG 559	Health Care Women	3	Functional Area Course*			3
NSG 578	Clin. Mgmt. Women	3	NSG 555		Legal, Ethical, Pub. Pol.	3
Semester 7			Semester 8
Functional Practicum**		3	NSG 599		Synthesis	3
			NSG 591		Clinical Synthesis	3

TOTAL CREDITS: 45

*Functional area/practicum courses include the following:

For those who select Nursing Education--NSG 504, NSG 505, and NSG 535
For those who select Nursing Administration--OM 509, NSG 525, and NSG 545