Admissions: Post-Degree Options
Post-Master's Nurse Practitioner Option: Family Primary Care
RNs who have a master's degree in nursing, but are not certified nurse practitioners are eligible to apply to this option preparing them to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center or National Certification Board of Nurse Practitioners/Nurses certification examinations as a Family Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care.
This program may be completed in four semesters, plus one summer of part-time study. Applications are due March 1 of each year. The program begins in September of each year.
Students begin with either the Adult or Pediatric focus.
Prerequisites
|
COURSE NUMBER
|
COURSE NAME |
CREDITS |
| NR 100.508* |
Clinical Pharmacology** |
2 |
| NR 100.502* |
Physiology / Pathophysiology** |
3 |
| NR 110.589 |
Human Development across the Life Span |
2 |
Course Requirements
| COURSE NUBMER |
COURSE NAME |
CREDITS
|
| NR 110.549 |
Advanced Health Assessment and Measurement |
2 |
| NR 110.547 or 558 |
Diagnosis, Symptom and Illness Management - Adult or Peds |
3 |
| NR 100.551* or 551 |
Advanced Practice in Primary Care I - Adult or Adult |
4 |
| NR 110.536* |
Advanced Health Assessment and Measurement: Adult/Geriatric Variation |
1 |
| NR 110.537* |
Advanced Health Assessment and Measurement - Pediatric Variation |
1 |
| NR 100.569* |
Advanced Practice in Women's Health |
4 |
| NR 100.583* |
Family as a Unit: Clinical Integration |
1 |
|
|
Total |
16 |
* Course with clinical practicum
** Not required if comparable course has been completed within the past 5 years
