Post-MSN Certificate - Family Nurse Practitioner
Salve's Graduate Nursing program offers a Post-Graduate FNP certificate to provide nurses with a current master's degree to obtain a FNP certificate and sit for national certification.
All students must complete the curriculum as follows:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| NUR-503 | Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology | 3 |
| NUR-505 | Foundations of the Advanced Practice Nurse | 3 |
| NUR-512 | Advanced Health Assessment | 3 |
| NUR-534 | Advanced Care for the Maternal and Family Unit | 3 |
| NUR-535 | Pharmacologic Principles for Advanced Practice Nursing | 3 |
| NUR-536 | Advanced Care of the Pediatric Patient | 3 |
| NUR-540 | Application of the Advanced Practice Nurse Role I | 3 |
| NUR-550 | Advanced Practice Care I | 3 |
| NUR-552 | Advanced Practice Care II | 3 |
| NUR-555 | Application of the Advanced Practice Nurse Role II | 6 |
| NUR-565 | Application of the Advanced Practical Nurse Role III | 6 |
| Total Credits | 39 | |
Degree Plan for Post-MSN Certificate Family Nurse Practitioner
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| NUR-503 | Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology | 3 |
| NUR-505 | Foundations of the Advanced Practice Nurse | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| NUR-512 | Advanced Health Assessment | 3 |
| NUR-535 | Pharmacologic Principles for Advanced Practice Nursing | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| NUR-534 | Advanced Care for the Maternal and Family Unit | 3 |
| NUR-536 | Advanced Care of the Pediatric Patient | 3 |
| NUR-550 | Advanced Practice Care I | 3 |
| Credits | 9 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| NUR-540 | Application of the Advanced Practice Nurse Role I | 3 |
| NUR-552 | Advanced Practice Care II | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| NUR-555 | Application of the Advanced Practice Nurse Role II | 6 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| NUR-565 | Application of the Advanced Practical Nurse Role III | 6 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 39 | |