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:

1. 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. 
2. 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.
3. 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.

4. Evaluate, interpret, and integrate healthcare policies to deliver care as an advocate for health to provide safe, effective, ethical, equitable, and holistic care.

5. 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:

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