The accredited online MSN Women's Health/Gender Related Nurse Practitioner program supplies nurses with the skills necessary to provide advanced care to women and their partners throughout the lifespan with an emphasis on reproductive and gynecologic health needs. Upon graduation, you'll be qualified to provide a myriad of gender related services focusing on health promotion and disease prevention that range from well-woman care, prenatal and postpartum care, and common and complex women’s health issues in both primary settings and women's health specialty practices.
The program prepares nurses for roles as advanced-practice clinicians, educators, researchers, and leaders in a collaborative and multi-disciplinary healthcare environment. It was designed to embrace the competencies and skill sets required for today's versatile nurse practitioner as medical knowledge expands, healthcare systems evolve and technology advances in response to health care needs and evidence-based research.
This high-quality program demands a major commitment of time, including multiple on-campus visits that are essential for transition into the NP role. During your time in the program, you will participate in mandatory on-campus and/or virtual intensives. The required intensives will be held during clinical courses. Students will attend an in-person on-campus intensive in NURS 690 for 5 days during week one of the summer quarter. Students will attend a second in-person on-campus intensive in NURS 693 for 2 days during week three of the spring quarter. Dates are subject to change.
Pennsylvania RN licensure is required prior to the start of your clinical components. While this is not a requirement for admission, we recommend starting the process immediately after admission.
The nurse practitioner programs in the Department of Advanced Practice Nursing at Drexel University provide you the flexibility of finding and coordinating your own clinical site and preceptor. The department also offers resources to assist you in this process. Accessibility to clinical sites and preceptors varies from state to state, and you may be required to travel to access clinical sites/preceptors and achieve the necessary clinical hours.
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Learn more about this and other nursing programs from our previously recorded online open house webinar series.
For application related questions:
enroll@drexel.edu
For program related questions:
College of Nursing and Health Professions Program Team
CNHPGraduateDivision@drexel.edu
Online Nurse Practitioner programs are offered only on a part-time basis.
Drexel University offers a variety of Graduate Minors that can be added to any master's degree program.
State restrictions may apply to some programs.
The MSN Women's Health/Gender Related Nurse Practitioner program at Drexel University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
This program is organized into four 10-week quarters per year (as opposed to the traditional two semester system) which means you can take more courses in a shorter time period. One semester credit is equivalent to 1.5 quarter credits.
| Core Courses | ||
| NURS 500 | Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments | 3.0 |
| NURS 502 | Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care | 3.0 |
| NURS 544 | Quality and Safety in Healthcare | 3.0 |
| RSCH 503 | Research Methods and Biostatistics | 3.0 |
| RSCH 504 | Evaluation and Translation of Health Research | 3.0 |
| Support Courses | ||
| NURS 520 | Nurse Practitioner Clinical Orientation Seminar | 0.0 |
| NURS 548 | Advanced Pathophysiology | 3.0 |
| NURS 549 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3.0 |
| NURS 550 | Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning | 4.0 |
| NURS 664 | Professional Issues for Nurse Practitioners | 1.0 |
| NURS 680 | Primary Care for Women’s Health | 3.0 |
| NURS 682 | Pharmacology for the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner | 3.0 |
| Clinical Concentration Courses | ||
| NURS 690 | WHNP I: Management & Care of the Common Gyn and Gender Related Issues throughout the Lifespan | 5.0 |
| NURS 691 | WHNP II: Management & Care of the Complex Gyn and Gender Related Issues of Women throughout the Lifespan | 5.0 |
| NURS 692 | WHNP III: Management & Care of the Low Risk Obstetrical and Post Partum Needs of Women and Families | 5.0 |
| NURS 693 | WHNP IV: Management & Care of the High Risk Obstetrical and Post Partum Needs of Women and Families | 5.0 |
| Nursing Elective | 3.0 | |
| Select three credits from the following 500-699 level courses: * | ||
| Any CIT (Complementary and Integrative Health) course | ||
| Any IPS (Interprofessional Studies) course | ||
| Any NUPR (Advanced Professional Nursing) course | ||
| Any NURS (Nursing) course | ||
| Total Credits | 55.0 | |
* Other graduate courses outside of these designations will need to be approved by the department chairperson.
With multiple ways to submit documents, Drexel makes it easy to complete your application. Learn more by visiting our Completing Your Application Guide.
For the academic year 2025-2026, students enrolled in an online graduate academic program will be charged a graduate online program fee of $125 per year.
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