Family Nurse Practitioner

Program Description: The Family Nurse Practitioner option consists of a 45-credit program of study, including courses in the graduate nursing core; the advanced practice core; and the primary care clinical specialization in family health. This program of study is designed to prepare students to function as principal providers of primary health care and to assume responsibility for promoting , maintaining, and restoring the health of individuals and families. Students who choose this specialization complete a minimum of 675 hours of clinical experience with approved expert clinician preceptors. Upon completion of this track, graduates are licensed family nurse practitioners and are eligible to sit for national certification examinations in family health offered by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners or the American Nurses' Credentialing Center.

Program Sequence: Below is the suggested sequence for study in the Family Nurse Practitioner option. All courses are offered in a part-time evening sequence. Click on the course number below for a description of the course.

Family Nurse Practitioner

Semester 1			Semester 2
NSG 551	Advanced Pharmacology	3	NSG 512	Concepts & Theories	3
NSG 552	Pathophysiology	3	NSG 514	Foundations of APN	3
Semester 3			Semester 4
NSG 517	Research Anal. & Util.	3	NSG 555	Legal, Ethical, Pub. Pol.	3
NSG 554	Diagnostic Reason.	3	NSG 557	Episodic Adult	2
			NSG 558	Prim. Care Epi. Adult	2
Semester 5			Semester 6
NSG 562	Chronic Adult	2	NSG 565	Health Care Child	3
NSG 563	Prim. Care Chronic Adult	2	NSG 556	Prim. Care Mgmt. Child	2
Semester 7			Semester 8
NSG 559	Health Care Women	3	NSG 599	Graduate Synthesis	3
NSG 561	Prim. Care Mgmt. Women	2	NSG 567	FNP Clinical Synthesis	3

TOTAL CREDITS: 45