20 Month Sample Schedule for the Capital Nursing Accelerated Program

Year 1 - Fall Semester - 12 hours

• Theoretical Foundations of Nursing - 3
• Health Assessment - 3
• Nursing Therapeutics (first 8 weeks) - 3
• Clinical Applications (second 8 weeks) - 3

Year 1 - Spring Semester - 13 hours 

• Pathophysiology/Pharmacology (I) - 3
• Adult Health Alterations - 7
• Informatics - 3 *

Year 1 - Summer Session - 13 hours 

Pathophysiology/Pharmacology (II) - 3

• Families in Transition (birth & childhood) - 7
• Statistics - 3 *

Year 2 - Fall Semester - 13 hours 

• Professional Role in Health Care systems - 2
• Community Based Care - 4
• Psych/Mental Health - 4
• Nursing Research - 3 *

Year 2 - Spring Semester - 13 hours 

• Nursing Capstone Project - 2
• Leadership in Practice Practicum - 8
• Nursing Theory - 3 *

* Graduate level courses are taken each semester beginning Spring Semester of Year 1, but are not necessarily taken in the order shown, subject to availability.