Academic Requirements

In order to maintain continuous enrollment in the program, all graduate students must achieve a "B" in all clinical courses and maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 to continue in the sequence and graduate from the program.

The end-of-program objectives for which each graduate student is accountable are to:

1. integrate principles of systems theory, natural, biological, physical, and social sciences in advanced nursing practice.
2. analyze client responses to therapeutic interventions.
3. synthesize the nursing process in a manner inclusive of biopsychosocial phenomena and cultural and ethnic variations.
4. synthesize primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention to promote optimal wellness.
5. integrate nursing research methods to improve advanced practice nursing.
6. demonstrate dependent, independent, and interdependent professional behaviors in advanced practice nursing.