Nursing Courses
Explore a comprehensive range of nursing courses at Thomas Edison State University designed to support learners at every stage of their professional journey—from accelerated BSN options to advanced graduate and doctoral studies. These courses emphasize contemporary nursing practice, evidence-based care, leadership, informatics, and specialized clinical knowledge, equipping students with the skills needed to thrive in today’s evolving healthcare environment. With flexible online formats and structured pathways across undergraduate, graduate, and specialty programs, TESU’s nursing curriculum prepares working professionals to advance their careers while meeting rigorous academic and clinical standards.
-
Required RN-BSN Courses
Offered every 8 weeks for BSN students.
- NUR-3420: Contemporary Nursing Practice
- NUR-4190: Exploring Evidence-Based Practice and Research in Nursing
- NUR-5310: Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Issues***
- NUR-4280: Leadership and Management in Nursing
- NUR-5160: Advanced Health Assessment
- NUR-5290: U.S. Health Policy and Global Health***
- NUR-5820: Financial Management in Nursing Practice***
- NUR-4430: Public Health Nursing**
- NUR-4450: Validating Nursing Competence*
* This course needs prior approval from a nursing adviser before registration.
** The student needs to upload documents for clinical compliance and contact a nursing adviser for prior approval before registering for the course.
*** Graduate credits earned more than seven years prior may not be applied to either the MSN degree or certificate without the permission of the dean of the W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing and Health Professions.
-
Required Accelerated BSN Courses
Unit 1
- NUR-3220: Fundamentals of Nursing (4 credits)
- NUR-3280: Health Assessment/Health Promotion** (3 credits)
- NUR-3320: Nursing Science Foundations: Theory, Ethics, and Practice (1 credit)
Unit 2
- NUR-3380: Applying the Nursing Process to Alterations in Health (4 credits)
- NUR-3420: Contemporary Nursing Practice (3 credits)
Unit 3
- NUR-3450: Nursing Care of Clients with Alterations in Behavioral Health (3 credits)
- NUR-3480: Nursing Care of Clients with Acute and Chronic Conditions (4 credits)
Unit 4
- NUR-4190: Exploring Evidence-Based Practice and Research in Nursing (3 credits)
- NUR-4210: Women’s Health Across the Lifespan (3 credits)
Unit 5
- NUR-4220: Nursing Care of Infants, Children and Adolescents (3 credits)
- NUR-4430: Public Health Nursing (4 credits)
- NUR-5290: U.S. Health Policy and Global Health*** (3 credits)
Unit 6
- NUR-4280: Leadership and Management in Nursing (3 credits)
- NUR-4420: Nursing Care in the Community (3 credits)
- NUR-5310: Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Issues*** (3 credits)
Unit 7
- NUR-4320: Nursing Care of Clients with Complex Health Conditions (4 credits)
- NUR-5820: Financial Management in Nursing Practice*** (3 credits)
Unit 8
- NUR-4450: Validating Nursing Competence (3 credits)
- NUR-4500: Transition to Professional Practice (3 credits)
-
MSN Courses
Graduate credits earned more than seven years prior may not be applied to either the MSN degree or certificate without the permission of the dean of the W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing and Health Professions.
Core MSN Courses
- NUR-5290: U.S. Health Policy and Global Health
- NUR-5310: Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Issues
- NUR-5820: Financial Management in Nursing Practice
- NUR-5300: Evidence Based Nursing Practice
Core MSN Direct Care Courses for Nurse Educator Specialty
- NUR-5160: Advanced Health Assessment
- NUR-6400: Advanced Pathophysiology
- NUR-6410: Advanced Pharmacology
Required MSN Courses
Nurse Educator Specialty:
- NUR-6300: Theoretical Foundations and Instructional Strategies in Nursing Education
- NUR-7000: Curriculum Theory and Development in Nursing Education
- NUR-7100: Testing, Assessment and Evaluation
Nursing Administration Specialty:
- NUR-5820: Financial Management in Nursing Practice
- NUR-6320: Nursing Administration: Standards and Structures
- NUR-7020: Nursing Administration: Executive Managerial Process
- NUR-7120: Nursing Administration: Resource Acquisition and Management
Nursing Informatics Specialty:
- NUR-5820: Financial Management in Nursing Practice
- NUR-6310: Nursing Informatics: Systems Life Cycle
- NUR-7010: Nursing Informatics: Databases and Knowledge Management
- NUR-7110: Nursing Informatics: Consumer Informatics and Communication Technologies
Required MSN Practicum Courses
- NUR-7510: Advanced Practice Practicum Course
Elective MSN Courses
- NUR-6130: History of American Nursing
- NUR-7511: Advanced Practice Elective Practicum Course
-
PMHNP Required Courses
Core Courses
- NUR-5290: U.S. Health Policy and Global Health
- NUR-5300: Evidence Based Nursing Practice
Direct Care Core Courses
- NUR-5160: Advanced Health Assessment
- NUR-6400: Advanced Pathophysiology
- NUR-6410: Advanced Pharmacology
Concentration Courses
- NUR-7600: Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience Foundations across the Lifespan
- NUR-7610: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Roles and Contemporary Issues
- NUR-7620: Family System Psychopathology and Psychotherapeutics Across the Lifespan
Practicum Courses
- NUR-7631/41: Advanced Assessment, Differential Diagnosis, and Management of Psychiatric Disorders: Child and Adolescent Populations
- NUR-7632/42: Advanced Assessment, Differential Diagnosis, and Management of Psychiatric Disorders: Adults Populations
- NUR-7633/43: Advanced Assessment, Differential Diagnosis, and Management of Psychiatric Disorders: Geriatric Populations
-
DNP Courses
- NUR-7630: Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology
- NUR-8000: DNP Role Development
- NUR-8050: Scholarly Inquiry: The Basis for Evidence-Based Practice
- NUR-8100: Health, Healthcare Policy and Politics
- NUR-8150: Information Systems and Technology Impacting Healthcare Delivery
- NUR-8200: Integrating and Evaluating Population Health in Advanced Nursing Practice
- NUR-8250: Health Economics and Finance
- NUR-8320: Organizational and Systems Leadership I
- NUR-8420: Organizational and Systems Leadership II
- NUR-9020: Scholarly Immersion I: Project Identification and Mentored Practicum
- NUR-9120: Scholarly Immersion II: Project Management and Mentored Practicum
- NUR-9220: Scholarly Immersion III: Project Completion and Mentored Practicum
All courses are offered as above, pending sufficient enrollment.
Please note: All nursing courses follow the undergraduate course schedule for registration dates. Please check the University Catalog for recommended or required pre-requisites before registering for any course. If you need assistance, please check with your nursing advisor.
Every effort will be made to accommodate course selections made during the regular registration periods. During late registration open seats will be filled, but no additional seats or new sections will be added. Students are advised to register early for courses that are essential to the completion of their degree.
The W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing and Health Professions reserves the right to reassign students to different course sections as necessary to balance class size and provide for a quality online educational experience for all students.
-
Family NP Required Courses
Core Courses
- NUR-5290: U.S. Health Policy and Global Health
- NUR-5300: Evidence Based Nursing Practice
-OR- - NUR-8050: Scholarly Inquiry: The Basis for Evidence-Based Practice
- NUR-8150: Information Systems and Technology Impacting Healthcare Delivery
Direct Care Core Courses
- NUR-5160: Advanced Health Assessment
- NUR-6400: Advanced Pathophysiology
- NUR-6410: Advanced Pharmacology
- NUR-7069: Professional Identity Development for NP
- NUR-7070: Primary Care Diagnosis, Management and Health Promotion
Practicum Courses
- NUR-7071: Adult Primary Care Part I
- NUR-7072: Adult Primary Care Part II
- NUR-7073: Geriatric Primary Care
- NUR-7074: Adolescent and Early Adult Primary Care
- NUR-7075: Pediatric Primary Care
- NUR-7076: FNP Role Transition