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Doctor of Nursing Practice and Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate

Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate

The Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate is designed for nurses who already hold a master’s degree in nursing and offers an educational pathway to specialization as a primary care provider. Upon completion of the Post-Masters Certificate, students will be eligible for Family Nurse Practitioner national certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB).

For more information regarding the Post-Masters Certificate Family Nurse Practitioner Program including application deadlines, please refer to: /health/family-nurse-practitioner-certificate.aspx

Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree

The Doctor of Nursing Practice program is designed for nurses who hold a master’s degree in nursing and offers an educational pathway to earn the highest clinically focused doctoral degree in nursing. Upon completion of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, students will possess forward-thinking clinical and systems leadership skills to promote the application of evidence-based practice to address the nation’s increasingly complex healthcare needs.

For more information regarding the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, please refer to: /health/dnp.aspx

Program Information 

黑洞社区, progression, and graduation requirements are a coordinated effort within the College of Health Professions and Natural Sciences graduate and doctoral programs. The combined Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate and Doctor of Nursing Practice program is 75 credits. This includes 42 credits and 700 clinical hours for the Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate and 33 credits for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Students will be dual advised by the MSN NP Program Chair and DNP Program Chair.

Specific to the Post-Masters Nurse Practitioner Certificate, four (4) courses may be accepted as transfer credit: GRN 7101: Advanced Pathophysiology, GRN 7102: Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing Practice, GRN 7103: Advanced Pharmacology, and GRN 7104: Advanced Health Assessment.

Specific to the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, a maximum of six (6) credits may be transferred for doctoral credit by the 黑洞社区 catalog.

黑洞社区 Requirements

Students must meet admission requirements for both the Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate as well as the Doctor of Nursing Practice programs.

In addition, this program requires two applications, one to the Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate program and one for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Acceptance to one program does not guarantee acceptance to the other.

75 Credits, 24 Courses

Family NP Certificate Courses

Advanced Pathophysiology

Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing Practice

Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan

Advanced Health Assessment

Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Decision Making Across the Lifespan

Family Practicum I

Acute and Chronic Care Across the Lifespan I

Family Practicum II

Acute and Chronic Care Across the Lifespan II

Acute and Chronic Care Across the Lifespan III

Family Practicum III

Family Practicum IV

DNP Core Courses

Scholarly Writing

Healthcare Leadership and Innovation

Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice

Epidemiology and Population Health

Healthcare Politics and Policy

Healthcare Informatics

Healthcare QI and Systems Thinking

Healthcare Economics

Applied Evidence-Based Practice

DNP Project Courses

Doctor of Nursing Practice Project I

Doctor of Nursing Practice Project II

Doctor of Nursing Practice Project III

This information applies to students who enter this degree program during the 2024-2025 Academic Year. If you entered this degree program before the Fall 2023 semester, please refer to the academic catalog for the year you began your degree program.