Master of Science in Nursing
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
The Family Nurse Practitioner graduate acquires a broad base of knowledge and experience to provide direct health care services to people of all ages for the purposes of health promotion and protection, disease prevention, and management of common acute and chronic illnesses. The family nurse practitioner focuses on care of patients and families, and functions primarily in ambulatory care settings treating newborns, infants, children, adolescents, pregnant and postpartum women, adults, and the elderly. There are a total of 45 credit hours in the specialty with 665 clinical hours.
The family nurse practitioner graduate is prepared to:
- Synthesize knowledge from nursing theories, the humanities, and evidence-based scientific clinical guidelines to guide assessment of health status for patients of all ages.
- Demonstrate advanced practice clinical decision making, utilizing critical thinking, to interpret patient and diagnostic test data and formulate differential diagnoses and a plan of care for patients of all ages.
- Design, implement, evaluate, revise, and interpret a mutually agreed upon management plan and therapeutic interventions with patients and families.
- Advocate for patients and families to provide cost-effective, culturally competent, ethical, quality care in and across health care settings.
- Model responsibility for continued professional development, integrity, accountability, competence, and credentialing as a family nurse practitioner.
| Curriculum Family Nurse Practitioner | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| N601 Roles for Advanced Nursing Practice | 1 credit hours | |
| N602 Evidenced Based Practice for Advanced Nursing | 4 credit hours | |
| N603 Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 credit hours | |
| N604 Population Based Care and Health Policy | 3 credit hours | |
| N605 Healthcare Informatics for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 credit hours | |
| N606 Nursing Leadership in Health Systems | 4 credit hours | |
| Total Core Hours | 18 credit hours | |
| Clinical Core Courses | ||
| N617 Advanced Concepts of Pathophysiology | 3 credit hours | |
| N618 Advanced Health Assessment | 3 credit hours | |
| N622 Clinical Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 credit hours | |
| Total Clinical Hours | 9 credit hours | |
| Family Nurse Practitioner Specialty Courses | ||
| N654 Primary Care Nursing of Families I | 6 credit hours | |
| N655 Primary Care Nursing of Families II | 6 credit hours | |
| N656 Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum | 6 credit hours | |
| Total Specialty Hours | 18 credit hours | |
| Total Program Hours | 45 credit hours | |
