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The Family Nurse Practitioner program (FNP) program prepares registered nurses to provide direct patient management in primary care across many settings.  Graduates are employed in a variety of primary care settings ranging from emergency departments, federally qualified health centers, urban and rural family practice/primary care practices.

This curriculum prepares nurses to sit for national certification as Family Nurse Practitioner.

The program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

Learning Outcomes

• Apply knowledge from core courses in the assessment of clients.
• Integrate core and clinical course content in the diagnosis and treatment of clients.
• Use core and clinical course content within the context of the community and to understand community as client.
• Apply theory to practice problems, to analyze practice guidelines, and to conduct an evidence based practice project
• Examine laws governing advanced practice, to understand scope of practice, and to apply evidence based practice knowledge in treatment planning.

Requirements for earning the M.S.N. degree include the following: 

1. Completion of an approved program of study;
2. Completion of an applied research course, NURS 791  (3), or a thesis, NURS 799  (6);
3. A GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) on all courses attempted for graduate credit and all courses numbered 700 and above;
4. A GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) on all courses on the approved program of study;
5. Passing a comprehensive assessment during the last semester of the program.