Family Nurse Practitioner (49 Semester Hours)

The MSN-FNP Program is designed to prepare the student for a career in advance practice nursing roles in primary care settings, providing care across the lifespan to children, adolescents, child-bearing women, and adults. The focus of the FNP is the management of common acute and chronic health care problems in diverse settings. Population health and epidemiology, management of information systems, and inter-professional collaboration are all emphasized. Pharmacology and pathophysiology prepare students for diagnosis and prescriptive authority.

• NU 501 Theory and Ethics for Advanced Nursing Practice
• NU 507 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning
• NU 508 Advanced Pathophysiology
• NU 509 Advanced Pharmacology
• NU 525 Informatics and Healthcare Technology
• NU 527 Research and Quality Methods in Evidence-Based Practice
• NU 528 Leadership Roles and Interpersonal Collaboration
• NU 551 Family Nurse Practitioner I
• NU 613 Specialty Focus Practicum
• NU 619 Organizational Leadership and Health Policy for Advanced Nursing Practice
• NU 626 Transitions to Advanced Nursing Practice
• NU 652 Family Nurse Practitioner II
• NU 653 Family Nurse Practitioner III

Hours to Degree

49 hours are needed to graduate with a Master of Science in Nursing M.S.N. - Family Nurse Practitioner degree.