Nursing (M.S.) with a FNP concentration
The MSN student completes 48 credits and a minimum of 750 hours of direct, supervised clinical hours across the lifespan. The MSN with a FNP concentration prepares the student to sit for the national Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) examination.
The curriculum prepares the student to achieve the following outcomes:
- Prepare for independent practice as an advanced care provider embodying the tenets of nursing and practice to the highest level of licensure. The advanced practice nurse provides safe, holistic, innovative, and comprehensive care across the lifespan using evidence, scientific knowledge, and science-based theory.
- Demonstrate leadership skills through the assessment of patient’s bio-physical, emotional, behavioral, and social determinants impacting health and engaging in the improvement of healthcare outcomes. Engaging in collaborative communication with patients, caregivers, communities, and other healthcare professionals and leaders.
- Analyze, evaluate, and integrate quality improvement, evidence-based research, evidenced-based quality patient care, informatics, and healthcare technologies to enhance interprofessional communication and resources for quality care delivery.
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Evaluate, interpret, and integrate healthcare policies to deliver care as an advocate for health to provide safe, effective, ethical, equitable, and holistic care.
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Employ health promotion, education, resilience, and self-care strategies for patients, healthcare providers, and ones’ self through the integration of technology, science-based resources, and community services.
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-511 | Global Influences in the Advanced Management of Care | 3 |
| NUR-512 | Advanced Health Assessment | 3 |
| NUR-514 | Advanced Healthcare Informatics | 3 |
| NUR-520 | Research for Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
| NUR-535 | Pharmacologic Principles for Advanced Practice Nursing | 3 |
| NUR-550 | Advanced Practice Care I | 3 |
| NUR-552 | Advanced Practice Care II | 3 |
| NUR-506 | Comprehensive Care for Gender, Women and Children | 3 |
| NUR-540 | Application of the Advanced Practice Nurse Role I | 6 |
| NUR-555 | Application of the Advanced Practice Nurse Role II | 6 |
| NUR-565 | Application of the Advanced Practical Nurse Role III | 6 |
| Total Credits | 48 | |
At completion of 48 credits, the student is prepared to sit for the national certification examination for Family Nurse Practitioners.
The minimum acceptable grade is B- or greater. If a student earns less than a B- within a course, the student will be required to retake the course. A required course may be repeated once. If the student is not successful in earning a B- or greater, the student will be disenrolled from the program.
Degree Plan for M.S. in Nursing
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summer | Credits | |
| NUR-514 | Advanced Healthcare Informatics | 3 |
| NUR-520 | Research for Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
| NUR-550 | Advanced Practice Care I | 3 |
| Credits | 9 | |
| Fall | ||
| NUR-503 | Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology | 3 |
| NUR-505 | Foundations of the Advanced Practice Nurse | 3 |
| NUR-511 | Global Influences in the Advanced Management of Care | 3 |
| Credits | 9 | |
| Spring | ||
| NUR-535 | Pharmacologic Principles for Advanced Practice Nursing | 3 |
| NUR-512 | Advanced Health Assessment | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Summer | ||
| NUR-555 | Application of the Advanced Practice Nurse Role II | 6 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Fall | ||
| NUR-506 | Comprehensive Care for Gender, Women and Children | 3 |
| NUR-552 | Advanced Practice Care II | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| NUR-540 | Application of the Advanced Practice Nurse Role I | 6 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| NUR-565 | Application of the Advanced Practical Nurse Role III | 6 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 48 | |