Family Nurse Practitioner / Master of Science in Nursing

Degree Offered:  Master of Science in Nursing

Total Credit Hours:  48

All students in the Family Nurse Practitioner program must complete the following courses, including a minimum of 630 hours of clinical experience:

Degree Requirements

Program: MSN-NRSM-5
Concentration: NPFA

I. Core Courses (18)

NURS-53200	Applied Biostatistics for Advanced Nursing Practice	3
NURS-51700	Healthcare Organizations, Systems, and Policy	3
NURS-53000	Theoretical Foundations of Scholarly Inquiry for Advanced Nursing Practice	3
NURS-53400	Population Health	3
NURS-53300	Scholarly Inquiry	3
NURS-53600	Healthcare Informatics	3

II. NP Specialty Core (13)

NURS-58800	Role Transition and Development for the Advanced Practice Nurse	1
NURS-60600	Epidemiology	3
NURS-60400	Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nursing	3
NURS-60500	Applied Physiology/Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nursing	3
NURS-60700	Health Assessment for Advanced Practice Nursing	3

III. FNP Specialty Track (17)

NURS-61000	APN Management: Adults in Community/Primary Care	3
NURS-61100	NP Practicum: Adults in Community/Primary Care	2
NURS-61600	FNP Management: Primary Care of Women, Infants, and Children	4
NURS-61700	FNP Practicum: Primary Care of Women, Infants and Children	3
NURS-61200	APN Management: Adult/Gerontology and Adolescents	3
NURS-61800	NP Practicum: Adult/Gerontology and Adolescents	2