MSN: Women's Health/Gender Related Nurse Practitioner
Major: Nurse Practitioner, Women's Health/Gender Related
Degree Awarded: Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 55.0 quarter credits; 640 clinical hours
Co-op Option: None
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 51.3801
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 29-1171
About the Program
The online Women’s Health/Gender Related Nurse Practitioner track offers didactic and clinical education via distance learning and concurrent clinical preceptorships. The courses offered throughout the track reflect the competencies and skill sets required for today’s women’s health nurse practitioner as knowledge expands, health care systems evolve, technology advances and practice changes in response to current needs and evidence-based research. Additionally, this track offers the opportunity for students to work in transdisciplinary simulated scenarios to promote a better understanding and respect of discipline-specific roles, improve existing communication and collaboration within disciplines and initiate teamwork development in order to promote patient safety and high-quality patient care. Graduates are eligible to sit for the NCC’s Women’s Health/Gender Related Nurse Practitioner Examination.
The nurse practitioner faculty is committed to quality and excellence in the nurse practitioner (NP) programs. Students meet on campus for mandatory On-Campus Intensive (OCI) learning experiences, simulation and evaluation. Students will attend an in-person on-campus intensive in NURS 690 for five days during week one of the summer quarter. Students will attend a second in-person on-campus intensive in NURS 693 for two days during week three of the spring quarter. Dates are subject to change. During the OCIs, students engage in simulated clinical learning experiences conducted in the College of Nursing and Health Professions' state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary patient simulation lab. These visits provide direct guidance and mentoring from faculty and the opportunity to collaborate with peers. Mandatory, on-campus visits are essential to students transitioning into the NP role.
The program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
Additional Information
For more information about this program, contact:
Graduate Nursing Division
CNHPGraduateDivision@drexel.edu
Additional information is available on Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions MSN in Women’s Health/Gender Related Nurse Practitioner webpage and on the Drexel University Online MSN in Women’s Health/Gender Related Nurse Practitioner webpage.
Degree Requirements
| Core Courses | ||
| NURS 500 | Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments | 3.0 |
| NURS 502 | Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care | 3.0 |
| NURS 544 | Quality and Safety in Healthcare | 3.0 |
| RSCH 503 | Research Methods and Biostatistics | 3.0 |
| RSCH 504 | Evaluation and Translation of Health Research | 3.0 |
| Support Courses | ||
| NUPR 520 | Nurse Practitioner Clinical Orientation Seminar | 0.0 |
| NURS 548 | Advanced Pathophysiology | 3.0 |
| NURS 549 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3.0 |
| NURS 550 | Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning | 4.0 |
| NURS 664 | Professional Issues for Nurse Practitioners | 1.0 |
| NURS 680 | Primary Care for Women’s Health | 3.0 |
| NURS 682 | Pharmacology for the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner | 3.0 |
| Clinical Concentration Courses | ||
| NURS 690 | WHNP I: Mngmnt & Care of the Common Gyn and Gender Related Issues throughout the Lifespan | 5.0 |
| NURS 691 | WHNP II: Mngmnt & Care of the Complex Gyn and Gender Related Issues of Women throughout the Lifespan | 5.0 |
| NURS 692 | WHNP III: Management & Care of the Low Risk Obstetrical and Post Partum Needs of Women and Families | 5.0 |
| NURS 693 | WHNP IV: Mngmnt & Care of the High Risk Obstetrical and Post Partum Needs of Women and Families | 5.0 |
| Nursing Elective | ||
| Select three credits from the following 500-699 level courses: * | 3.0 | |
Any CIT (Complementary and Integrative Health) course | ||
Any IPS (Interprofessional Studies) course | ||
Any NUPR (Advanced Professional Nursing) course | ||
Any NURS (Nursing) course | ||
| Total Credits | 55.0 | |
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Other graduate courses outside of these designations will need to be approved by the department chairperson.
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| NURS 502 | Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care | 3.0 |
| NURS 548 | Advanced Pathophysiology | 3.0 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Winter | ||
| NURS 500 | Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments | 3.0 |
| Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| NURS 549 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3.0 |
| RSCH 503 | Research Methods and Biostatistics | 3.0 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| RSCH 504 | Evaluation and Translation of Health Research * | 3.0 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| NUPR 520 | Nurse Practitioner Clinical Orientation Seminar | 0.0 |
| NURS 544 | Quality and Safety in Healthcare * | 3.0 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Winter | ||
| NURS 680 | Primary Care for Women’s Health | 3.0 |
| NURS 682 | Pharmacology for the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner | 3.0 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| NURS 550 | Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning | 4.0 |
| NURS 664 | Professional Issues for Nurse Practitioners | 1.0 |
| Credits | 5 | |
| Summer | ||
| NURS 690 | WHNP I: Mngmnt & Care of the Common Gyn and Gender Related Issues throughout the Lifespan | 5.0 |
| Credits | 5 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| NURS 691 | WHNP II: Mngmnt & Care of the Complex Gyn and Gender Related Issues of Women throughout the Lifespan | 5.0 |
| Credits | 5 | |
| Winter | ||
| NURS 692 | WHNP III: Management & Care of the Low Risk Obstetrical and Post Partum Needs of Women and Families | 5.0 |
| Credits | 5 | |
| Spring | ||
| NURS 693 | WHNP IV: Mngmnt & Care of the High Risk Obstetrical and Post Partum Needs of Women and Families | 5.0 |
| Credits | 5 | |
| Total Credits | 55 | |
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Note: This term is less than the 4.5-credit minimum required (considered half-time status) of graduate programs to be considered financial aid eligible. As a result, aid will not be disbursed to students this term.
Program Level Outcomes
- Practices within a legal and ethical framework of health care delivery.
- Advances the role of advanced nursing practice in the health care system through scholarship, clinical experience and political involvement.
- Demonstrates critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision-making.
- Integrates multiple technologies and relevant theories into the organization and synthesis of health data required to develop plans of care for patients, families and communities.
- Integrates culturally sensitive health promotion activities that contribute to the health and wellness of the community into clinical practice.
- Demonstrates leadership in nursing and health care through involvement in the development of outcome-based standards of care and practice-based health policy issues.
- Evaluates and modifies the quality and effectiveness of clinical practice based on current research findings, standards of care and patient outcomes.
- Contributes to the advancement of nursing, health care and humanity through communication, collaboration and education.