Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
Multiple Entry Options
Program Length (full-time study)
| Non-nurses |
3 semesters pre-specialty + 3 semesters FNP courses |
| ASN or diploma RNs |
2 semesters RN pre-specialty + 3 semesters FNP courses |
| BSN RNs |
3 semesters FNP courses |
| Post-master’s |
Program length & courses determined by individual portfolio analysis |
Sample Full-time Curriculum Plan for Specialty Year
Semesters based on full-time study. Part-time study also available. See our Student Handbook for two-year and three-year part-time options.
| FALL - SEMESTER I |
| 300 |
Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice |
2 |
| 305a |
Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning |
3 |
| 305b(C) |
Advanced Health Assessment Applications for the Family Nurse Practitioner |
1 |
| 308 |
Pathophysiologic Concepts |
3 |
| 309b |
Advanced Practice Nursing in Primary Care of the Child |
2 |
| 361a |
Family Nurse Practitioner Issues in Primary Care |
2 |
| 361b |
Health Promotion Across The Lifespan |
2 |
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15 |
| SPRING - SEMESTER II |
| 301 |
Research Methods for Advanced Nursing Practice |
3 |
|---|
| 307 |
Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics |
3 |
| 309a |
Advanced Practice Nursing in Primary Care of the Adult |
3 |
| 309c |
Advanced Practice Nursing in Primary Care of the Adolescent |
1 |
| 309d |
Advanced Practice Nursing in Primary Care of the Elderly |
1 |
| 362 |
Practicum in Primary Health Care of the Child and Adolescent |
2 |
| |
|
13 |
| SUMMER - SEMESTER III |
| 302 |
Theory, Research, and Advanced Nursing Practice: Integration & Application |
2 |
|---|
| 303 |
Health Care Delivery Systems |
2 |
|---|
| 304 |
Transitions to the Advanced Practice Role |
1 |
|---|
| 363a |
Practicum in Primary Health Care of the Adult |
2 |
| 364 |
Family Nurse Practitioner Preceptorship |
4 |
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|
11 |
