ARSD 20:48:07:30.01. 0:48:07:30.01. Advanced practice registered nurse education curriculum

Advanced practice registered nurse education curriculum. The curriculum for programs preparing individuals for advanced practice nursing licensure and granting a graduate degree or certificate shall prepare the graduate to practice in the role of a nurse midwife, nurse practitioner, nurse anesthetist, or clinical nurse specialist. The curriculum shall include evidence-based learning experiences and methods of instruction consistent with the written curriculum plan including: (1) Three separate advanced practice registered nurse graduate level courses in: (a) Advanced physiology and pathophysiology, including general principles that apply across the lifespan; (b) Advanced health assessment, including assessment of all human systems, advanced assessment techniques, concepts, and approaches; and (c) Advanced pharmacology, including pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmocotherapeutics of all broad categories of agents; (2) Diagnosis and management of diseases across practice settings including diseases representative of all systems; (3) Preparation that provides a basic understanding of the principles for decision making in the identified advanced practice nursing role; (4) Preparation in the core competencies for the identified advanced practice nursing role; (5) Preparation in specific competencies for the identified advanced practice nursing role and in one of the six population foci of practice: family/individual across the lifespan, adult-gerontology, neonatal, pediatrics, women's health/gender-related, or psychiatric/mental health; (6) A program preparing a student for two population foci areas or combined advanced practice nursing roles shall include content and clinical experience in both roles and each of the population foci; (7) A minimum of 500 supervised clinical hours including pharmacotherapeutics management of patients; and (8) Provisions for the recognition of prior learning and advanced placements in the curriculum for students who hold a graduate degree in nursing and are seeking preparation in a different role and population focus. Students shall meet outcome competencies for the desired role and population focus.