Overview
The Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) is clinically focused on on the assessment, diagnosis, and management of women's common and complex gynecologic, sexual, obstetric, reproductive, and common primary healthcare needs. The WHNP provides holistic, person-centered care for women from adolescence throughout the adult lifespan, and for men's sexual and reproductive health. The WHNP emphasizes health promotion and disease prevention and provides care inclusive of all gender identities and sexual orientations. The WHNP is a woman specialized focus, meaning that the WHNP is prepared to work independently and collaboratively as an expert in women's health, providing care and consultation for women's health needs, while also providing leadership in health systems and communities to improve the health of women.
Career opportunities include but are not limited to outpatient clinics with a focus on obstetrics and gynecology, primary care, urogynecology, maternal fetal medicine, fertility, gynecology oncology, family planning, HIV, STI, transgender health, and inpatient women's health and obstetric triage units.
Sample 3-Year Plan of Study
| Fall Year 1 | Graduate Statistics (If possible, take summer prior) | 3 |
| NRSG 605 Advanced Pathophysiology | 4 | |
| 7 credits | ||
| Spring Year 1 | NRSG 602 Nursing Scholarship | 4 |
| NRSG 606 Applied Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nurses | 3 | |
| 7 credits | ||
| Summer Year 1 | NRSG 607 Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| 3 credits | ||
| Fall Year 2 | NRSG 609 Health Promotion for Population | 3 |
| NRSG 676 Advanced Practice Women’s Health Care I | 3 | |
| NRSG 679 Advanced Practice Women’s Health Care Clinical | 3 | |
| 9 credits | ||
| Spring Year 2 | NRSG 603 Leadership in Nursing | 3 |
| NRSG 677 Advanced Practice Women’s Health Care II | 3 | |
| NRSG 679 Advanced Practice Women’s Health Care Clinical | 3 | |
| 9 credits | ||
| Fall Year 3 | NRSG 604 Health Systems Innovation & Improvement | 3 |
| NRSG 678 Advanced Practice Women’s Health Care III | 2 | |
| NRSG 679 Advanced Practice Women’s Health Care Clinical | 3 | |
| 8 credits | ||
| Spring Year 3 | NRSG 608 Transition to Nurse Practitioner Practice | 1 |
| NRSG 679 Advanced Practice Women’s Health Care Clinical | 5 | |
| 6 credits | ||
| TOTAL | 48 credits |
Core Courses
These courses are generally required for most specialty programs, but review the specialty plans of study for confirmation.
| Credits | |
| Various Graduate Statistics * | 3 |
| NRSG 602 Nursing Scholarship | 4 |
| NRSG 603 Leadership in Nursing | 3 |
| NRSG 604 Health Systems Innovation and Improvement | 3 |
| NRSG 607 Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| NRSG 608 Transition to Nurse Practitioner Practice | 1 |
| NRSG 609 Health Promotion for Population | 3 |
* Not offered by College of Nursing but available through University of Nebraska system, including UNMC (BIOS 806 - Biostatistics I), or at/through any accredited college/university.
Available in Summer Terms
These core courses are available to be taken in the summer if desired.
| Summer - Odd Years | Credits |
| NRSG 604 Health Systems Innovation and Improvement | 3 |
| Summer - Even Years | |
| NRSG 602 Nursing Scholarship | 4 |
| NRSG 603 Leadership in Nursing | 3 |
| Summer - Every Year | |
| NRSG 607 Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| NRSG 609 Health Promotion for Populations | 3 |