Family Nurse Practitioner Curricula

Program Length: Fall Entry: 8 Semesters | Spring Entry: 8 Semesters
Minimum Requirements for MSN in this Major: 49 Credit Hours / 784 Clinical Hours

Course # Course Title Credits
N580 Nurse as Scholar I: Science Development, Study Design & Statistics 3
N581 Nurse as Scholar II: Evidence-based Practice 3
N582 Population Health in a Global Society 3
N583 Professional Transitions: Advanced Nursing Practice 3
  Total 12
Course # Course Title Credits
N589 Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan: A Conceptual Approach 4
N595 Physical Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning in Advanced Practice Nursing 4
N596 Clinical Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing 3
  Total 11
Course # Course Title Credits
N620 Advanced Practice Nursing in Primary Care Adolescents and Adult Patients 4
N622 Advanced Practice Nursing in Primary Care Adolescents, Adults and Older Adult Patients I: Clinical 3 - 168 Hours
N624 Advanced Practice Nursing Care in Older Adult Patients 2
N626 Advanced Practice Nursing in Primary Care Adolescents, Adults, and Older Adult Patients II: Clinical 4 - 224 Hours
N628 Advanced Practice Nursing: Pediatric Primary Care Essentials 3
N629 Advanced Practice Nursing: Pediatric Primary Care Essentials: Clinical 2 - 112 Hours
N686 Women’s Reproductive Care in Advanced Practice Nursing 3
N695A Advanced Practice Nursing in Family Practice Patients Synthesis 5 - 280 Hours
  Total 26
Course # Course Title Credits
N617 Nurse Practitioner Intensive I: Collaboration, Care Management and Identity Formation 0
N618 Nurse Practitioner Intensive II: Care Management, Information Management, Collaboration and Contextual Relevance 0
N619 Nurse Practitioner Intensive III: Collaboration, Leadership, and Scholarship 0
  Total 0

56 Clinical Hours = 1 Credit Hour
MSN Core, the "Four Ps", and NPI Courses required of all MSN Programs.

Changes approved by MSN Faculty on January 27, 2014, April 7, 2014, January 22, 2018, February 15, 2021, and May 12, 2025.

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