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Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist The Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (AH/CNS) concentration prepares an advanced practice nurse with skills in medical-surgical and home-care intervention with individuals, families, and groups. The AH/CNS concentration is four academic semesters in length for students taking an average of twelve (12) credits per semester. Both full-time and part-time studies are available. A total of 50 credit hours are required for completion of the adult health clinical nurse specialist concentration. The number of required clinical hours (contact hours) is based on national certification examination requirements, not on a credit hour to contact hour basis. The adult health clinical nurse specialist concentration has a total of 616 clinical hours: 168 hours in clinical semester one, 224 hours in clinical semester two, and 224 hours in clinical semester three. Graduates who complete this concentration are eligible to sit for national certification as an adult health clinical nurse specialist. For more information on this concentration and courses, go to the CONHP area of graduate catalog . Sample: Full-Time Program Sequence FALL I
SPRING I
FALL II
SPPRING II
Total Graduate Program credits: 50 Adult Health CNS * The Graduate Nursing Program reserves the right to delay offering the 18 credit theory/clinical sequence for this concentration until a sufficient cohort is enrolled: minimum of 10 students.
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