Family Nurse Practitioner
Providing care and comprehensive wellness across the lifespan
Family nurse practitioners (FNPs) are advanced nurses who offer care, promote health, and treat disease in patients ranging from children to elders. They provide comprehensive wellness care as well as management of acute and chronic illnesses. FNPs practice in hospitals, urgent care and primary care settings, federally-qualified health centers, and private practice offices.
As part of the MSN program, the FNP major requires 40 credit hours of coursework, plus about 600 hours of clinicals. The coursework is usually completed within 18 months (four semesters) for full-time students, and courses are offered in a distance-friendly format that requires only eight trips to Cleveland.
Subspecialties:
Sample Full-Time Curriculum
Fall Semester I
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Inquiry I: Theoretical Foundations
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3
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Physiologic Foundations of Advanced Practice |
4
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Assessment for Advanced Practice |
3
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Health Promotion Across the Life Span |
2
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Total
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12
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Spring Semester I
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Inquiry II: The Research Process |
3
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Pharmacology and Therapeutics for the Advanced Practice Nurse
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3
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Adult and Older Adult Clinical Management |
5
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Total
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11
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Summer Semester I
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Inquiry III Evidenced Based Nursing Practice |
2
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Family Health Nursing: Health of the Family During Childbearing Years |
4
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Collaboration and Consultation |
1
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Total
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7
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Fall Semester II
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Inquiry Practicum |
1
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Children and Adolescent Clinical Management |
4
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Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Role Development |
1
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Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Teaching and Learning |
1
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Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Ethical Issues |
1
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Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Finance |
1
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Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Policy and Legal |
1
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Total
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10
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Accumulated Total Hours: 40
The Advanced Practice Core courses are co-requisites or pre-requisites for the clinical nursing courses. Clinical nursing courses must be taken in the semester and sequence listed above. Clinical course availability is based upon enrollment.
