Program Overview

Details: Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner, Postbaccalaureate

Doctor of Nursing PracticeNursing - Family Nurse Practitioner

Overview

The Doctor of Nursing (DNP) Practice Postbaccalaureate degree program at Wichita State offers nurse practitioner specializations in the areas of Adult Gerontology/Acute Care, Family, or Psychiatric / Mental Health as well as the DNP advanced curriculum.

Admission to the Program

Applicants must have:

• An approved graduate-level statistics course taken within the last six years
• A bachelor's degree with a major in nursing from a nationally accredited (CCNE, ACEN, NLN) school
• A minimum 3.0 GPA in the following areas:
  1. Last 60 credit hours of undergraduate coursework
  2. All undergraduate nursing courses
  3. Any graduate-level courses taken
  4. The following four science courses: anatomy/physiology, microbiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology

Inside the Program

Nursing students provide medical services to patients in need

Each year students in the School of Nursing get hands-on experience providing a day of free health care to patients with little or no health insurance.

Curriculum

The family nurse practitioner curriculum will prepare you for the unique role of managing a range of health problems and care across the patient lifespan in primary care, specialty clinics, emergency and correctional departments, educational institutions, long-term care, health and wellness and rural health facilities.

The program consists of 74 credit hours. To graduate, you’ll also complete a DNP evidence-based project and an oral defense.

Careers

A nursing degree from Wichita State will give you the knowledge and practical skills for high-paying, high-demand nursing careers in diverse health care settings such as hospitals, nursing and residential care facilities, schools and government.

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