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FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER (FNP)

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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.

See our full-time sample curriculum below, or click on the image to the right to download our information sheet (PDF).

Subspecialties

• Cardiovascular Nursing
• Gerontology

Sample Full-Time Curriculum

Fall Semester I

NURS 405	Inquiry I: Theoretical Foundations	3
NURS 453	Physiologic Foundations of Advanced Practice	4
NURS 459	Assessment for Advanced Practice	3
NUNP 410	Health Promotion Across the Life Span	2
	Total	12

Spring Semester I

NURS 425	Inquiry II: The Research Process	3
NURS 430	Pharmacology and Therapeutics for the Advanced Practice Nurse	3
NUNP 419	Adult and Older Adult Clinical Management	5
	Total	11

Summer Semester I

NURS 502	Inquiry III Evidenced Based Nursing Practice	2
NUNP 429	Family Health Nursing: Health of the Family During Childbearing Years	4
NURS 443A	Collaboration and Consultation	1
	Total	7

Fall Semester II

NURS 503	Inquiry Practicum	1
NUNP 439	Children and Adolescent Clinical Management	4
NURS 443B	Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Role Development	1
NURS 443C	Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Teaching and Learning	1
NURS 444A	Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Ethical Issues	1
NURS 444B	Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Finance	1
NURS 444C	Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Policy and Legal	1
	Total	10

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.