NURS at University of Iowa

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate NURS coursework.

• NURS 6003Pathophysiology for Advanced Practiceopens 44 courses (16 directly)
• NURS 6021Pharmacology for Advanced Practiceopens 43 courses (20 directly)
• NURS 6008Health Assessment for Advanced Practice Didacticopens 35 courses (13 directly)
• NURS 6009Health Assessment for Advanced Practice Labopens 35 courses (13 directly)
• NURS 6027Diagnostic Reasoning and Integrated Pharmacology for Family Nurse Practitionersopens 21 courses (5 directly)
• NURS 5033Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nursingopens 18 courses (5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate NURS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 180 NURS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 84 more NURS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in NURS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 8 courses deep, ending at NURS 6131

  1. NURS 6002Physiology for Advanced Practice
  2. NURS 6003Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice
  3. NURS 6021Pharmacology for Advanced Practice
  4. NURS 6008Health Assessment for Advanced Practice Didactic
  5. NURS 6017Advanced Diagnostics and Procedures in Adult Acute Care
  6. NURS 6111Adult Gerontology-Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum I
  7. NURS 6121Adult Gerontology-Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum II
  8. NURS 6131Adult Gerontology-Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum III

• 8 courses deep, ending at NURS 6231

  1. NURS 6002Physiology for Advanced Practice
  2. NURS 6003Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice
  3. NURS 6021Pharmacology for Advanced Practice

• 8 courses deep, ending at NURS 6330

  1. NURS 6002Physiology for Advanced Practice
  2. NURS 6003Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice
  3. NURS 6021Pharmacology for Advanced Practice

• 8 courses deep, ending at NURS 6331

  1. NURS 6002Physiology for Advanced Practice
  2. NURS 6003Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice
  3. NURS 6021Pharmacology for Advanced Practice

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for NURS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under NURS yet.

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Department events

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