Ohio University Emergency NP courses: NRSE 6857, 6858 and 6859
Ohio University's Post-Graduate Emergency Nurse Practitioner Certificate, new for Fall 2026, places its clinical work in three courses taken fall, spring and summer: NRSE 6857, NRSE 6858 and NRSE 6859. The catalog gives each one 150 practicum hours, while the program page and the launch news release put the total at 500, with 200 in the final course.
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Three courses in the emergent setting
The certificate is "designed for those who already hold a graduate degree in nursing with certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner," and admission calls for unencumbered FNP licensure in an approved state plus current ACLS certification. The clinical work sits in three 6-credit courses, with NRSE 7818, Advanced Diagnostics for Clinical Reasoning, completing 20 credits.
| Course | Catalog focus | Contact figures | Requisite | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NRSE 6857 ENP Clinical I | Comprehensive care for individuals and families from diverse backgrounds in the emergent setting; acute or traumatic physical and psycho-social issues across the lifespan | 4.5 lecture, 1.5 clinical | None listed | Fall |
NRSE 6858 ENP Clinical II | Advanced assessment, diagnosis, procedural skills and clinical management of acute or traumatic health issues across the lifespan | 4.5 lecture, 1.5 clinical | NRSE 6857 | Spring |
NRSE 6859 ENP Clinical III | Acute, complex or traumatic health issues in the emergent setting | 4.0 lecture, 2.0 clinical | NRSE 6858 | Summer |
Read in order, the courses climb from broad emergency care, to the procedures and management at the center of NRSE 6858, to the complex and traumatic presentations of NRSE 6859. A preceptor who can hand you more procedures and higher-acuity patients as the year goes on serves all three courses well.
150, 150, 150 or 150, 150, 200
Ohio University's sources agree on the first two courses and part ways on the third.
| Source | NRSE 6857 | NRSE 6858 | NRSE 6859 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 Graduate Catalog | 150 | 150 | 150 | 450 |
| 2025-26 Graduate Catalog | 150 | 150 | 150 | 450 |
| Certificate page on ohio.edu | 150 | 150 | 200 | 500 |
| News release, September 2025 | Not itemized | Not itemized | Not itemized | "a minimum of 500 hours" |
One more clue sits in the catalog's own course entries: NRSE 6859 lists 2.0 clinical contact hours against 1.5 for the first two courses, the same proportion as 150, 150 and 200. That is an observation rather than a ruling, and the catalog program page still prints 150.
Plan NRSE 6859 at 200 hours unless faculty confirm the lower figure. Asking a preceptor for 200 and finishing at 150 is painless; asking for 50 more in July is not.
Planning on the catalog's 450 because it is the official document can leave you 50 hours short in the final summer course if your course follows the program page's 500.
Emergency department preceptors and sites
The news release calls for supervised practice with an approved preceptor at a hospital or emergency care facility, and the program page speaks of hands-on work "inside the emergency room." Every course description says "emergent setting." All of that points to emergency departments, and to the hospital systems that run them.
Ohio University publishes no ENP-specific statement on who arranges these clinicals. The nearest guidance is the MSN FAQ's three-part answer: you can propose your own preceptor for faculty approval, the Graduate Clinical Coordinator is available to help, and big hospital systems may insist on their own centralized requests, often months ahead. For Ohio sites, the hospital system applications page lists the posted windows.
If you already work in or near an emergency department, whether your own workplace can serve as a site is a faculty decision; the workplace page covers what to ask.
Two intensives in Dublin
The program page marks NRSE 6857 and NRSE 6859 as on-campus intensive courses, and the news release describes "two short on-campus intensives at Ohio University's Dublin campus." The Knowledge Center's course table does not flag either course, and no ENP intensive dates have been posted on the Important Dates page so far. Every nursing intensive that page does list for 2026-27 is at 6805 Bobcat Way, Dublin, Ohio, so plan on that address.
Expect one intensive in the first course and one in the final summer course, and leave room for both when you agree an emergency department schedule, since shift rotas are often built weeks in advance. Ohio University's OCI description page says dates "will be published at least three months in advance," so check the Important Dates page regularly. The on-campus intensives page tracks every posted OCI.
The fall, spring, summer sequence and weekly load
The tentative offerings table runs NRSE 6857 in fall, NRSE 6858 in spring and NRSE 6859 in summer, and each course requires the one before it. The news release describes "three fifteen-week semesters, with students enrolling in 6-8 credits per term," and a workload of 25 to 30 hours a week that climbs to "more than 40 hours per week during clinical courses."
Start terms are another place Ohio University's pages differ. The catalog says fall only; the program page says "We offer three start dates a year" and shows Fall 2027 with an application deadline of 08/02/27. With each course offered once a year, a fall start is what lines the three up with no gap, matching the program page's "as few as 12 months."
Inside each term, aim to finish hours by the end of week 14; the clinical hours hub explains why that week, not the fifteenth, is the safe target.
How we set up Emergency NP placements
Emergency medicine scheduling runs on shifts, not clinic days, and a good ENP placement is built around that. Your placement advisor searches for emergency department preceptors near you who can carry all three courses, confirms 150 hours for NRSE 6857 and NRSE 6858 and 200 for NRSE 6859, and flags any hospital system whose centralized application governs the site.
Your advisor collects each preceptor's license and credentials along with the site information faculty check, and keeps the clinical packet file complete. Final approval of every preceptor and site stays with Ohio University faculty; we make sure the paperwork they see has no gaps and matches the rules. If a preceptor's schedule changes or they leave mid-term, your advisor moves on a replacement right away. Start with the form below.
Questions Ohio University students ask
Do I need to be an FNP to take Ohio University's Emergency NP courses?
Yes. The catalog describes the certificate as designed for nurses with a graduate nursing degree and FNP certification, and admission asks for unencumbered FNP licensure in an approved state plus current ACLS certification. The courses assume you already practice as an FNP, which is why they move straight into emergent care.
Can Emergency NP hours be done in urgent care?
Ohio University's sources describe "a hospital or emergency care facility" and "hands-on experience inside the emergency room," and every course description names the emergent setting. Whether a particular urgent care center qualifies is a faculty decision, so ask before approaching one. An emergency department is the setting that matches the published wording.
How do the ENP courses differ from the FNP practicums?
The FNP practicums, NRSE 6840 to NRSE 6842, carry 250 hours each in primary care. The ENP courses carry 150 or 200 hours each, focus on the emergent setting and come after FNP licensure. They also list more lecture per course in the catalog: 4.0 to 4.5 contact hours against 3.5 for the FNP practicums.
What prerequisites do the Emergency NP courses have?
Admission lists NRSE 7210, NRSE 7220, NRSE 7230 and "NRSE 7230L," each with a minimum grade of B, although no NRSE 7230L course appears anywhere in the 2026-27 graduate catalog. Inside the certificate, NRSE 6858 requires NRSE 6857, and NRSE 6859 requires NRSE 6858. The Emergency NP certificate page covers admission.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-24
We check these pages against Ohio University's own catalog, program pages and Nursing Knowledge Center. Your syllabus, the Graduate Nursing Student Handbook and your faculty have the final word.
- Ohio University Graduate Catalog 2026-27: Post-Graduate Emergency Nurse Practitioner Certificate
- Ohio University: Emergency Nurse Practitioner Certificate
- Ohio University News: Emergency Nurse Practitioner certificate launches Fall 2026
- Ohio University Graduate Catalog: NRSE 6859 Emergency Nurse Practitioner Clinical III
- Ohio University Nursing Knowledge Center: course offerings
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