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Students
Tuition Fee
Start Date
Medium of studying
Fully Online
Duration
24 months
Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
Courses
Major
Family Medicine | Medicine | Nursing
Area of study
Health
Education type
Fully Online
Timing
Full time
Course Language
English
Intakes
Program start dateApplication deadline
2024-05-06-
About Program

Program Overview


The RN to Master of Science in Nursing in Family Nurse Practitioner program is a 64-credit online degree that prepares students for a career as a Family Nurse Practitioner. The program includes 630 hours of clinicals with 500 unique patient encounters. Graduates are qualified to work in various healthcare settings, including family practice, primary care, and public health.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The RN to Master of Science in Nursing in Family Nurse Practitioner degree is a 64-credit graduate program (RN to MSN) which prepares you for a career as an FNP. The online degree program provides students with fundamental knowledge and skills in advanced pathophysiology and pharmacology, health promotion across the life span, adult, geriatric, and pediatric healthcare, and much more.


Outline:


Curriculum

  • All classes are delivered online with clinicals totaling 630 hours with 500 unique patient encounters.
  • Program
  • Months
  • Credits
  • Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) in Family Nurse Practitioner - Accelerated RN-MSN (MSNFNPA)
  • 24
  • 64

Required Bridge Courses

  • All courses, 16.00 semester credit hours, are required prior to completing graduate level coursework.
  • EN 304 - English Composition II (3.00)
  • MA 320 - Statistics (3.00)
  • NSG 321 - Advanced Leadership and Management (3.00)
  • NSG 323 - Community and Public Health Nursing (5.00)
  • NU 480 - Dimensions of Advanced Nursing Practice (2.00)

Required Core Courses

  • All courses, 15.00 semester credit hours, are required.
  • HA 610 - Health Policy and Management (3.00)
  • NU 500 - Theoretical Foundations for Nursing (3.00)
  • NU 525 - Technology and Nursing Informatics in Advanced Practice (3.00)
  • NU 530 - Organizational Systems and Behaviors (3.00)
  • NU 560 - Research Methods and Evidence-Based Practice (3.00)

Required Direct Care Courses

  • All courses, 9.00 semester credit hours, are required.
  • NU 610 - Advanced Health Assessment (3.00)
  • NU 621 - Advanced Pathophysiology (3.00)
  • NU 636 - Advanced Pharmacology (3.00)

Required Specialty Courses

  • All courses, 24.00 semester credit hours, are required.
  • NU 580 - Health Promotion Across the Life Span (3.00)
  • NU 611 - Clinical Decision-Making (2.00)
  • NU 623 - Adult Healthcare (4.00)
  • NU 626 - Roles for Nurse Practitioners (3.00)
  • NU 627 - Geriatric Healthcare (4.00)
  • NU 631 - Healthcare of Women across the Lifespan (4.00)
  • NU 632 - Healthcare of Infants, Children and Adolescents (4.00)

Clinical Proficiency Exam

  • The following courses are 0.00 semester credit hours associated with the policy outlined above.
  • Students are required to take as co-requisite courses along with NU 611, NU 664, or NU 671, depending on the program of study.

Careers:

  • Become a family nurse practitioner and you’ll develop skills to handle patient care across the lifespan under the umbrella of family practice.
  • After earning your master’s degree, you can qualify to become an important contributor in many different types of settings in patient care:
  • Family practice
  • Primary care
  • Public health
  • Retail health clinics
  • Acute care
  • Psychiatry/mental health
  • Urgent care clinics
  • Emergency rooms
  • Veterans administration
  • Women's Health
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