Clinical Experience and Coursework

Adult/Women's Healthcare Nurse Practitioner didactic and clinical courses must be taken together as a sequence of five semesters on a full time basis. In some cases, non-clinical courses may be taken the preceding year, resulting in a 3 year instead of a 2-year program.

The course sequence in AWHNP begins in Fall Semester; the first clinical course begins in Spring Semester. Coursework and clinical practice are scheduled according to University guidelines. The clinical hours are flexible and may vary from week to week. Clinical experiences may occur during days, evenings and weekends. Students are not in clinical sites during semester breaks. One clinical credit hour is equivalent to four hours in the clinical setting.

Clinical placements are arranged in a variety of settings with nurse practitioners and nurse-midwives and physicians. These sites provide opportunity for students to provide service to culturally diverse clients. Current clinical placements include private and public health care facilities in metropolitan and rural communities.