Family Nurse Practitioner, PGC

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Post-Graduate Certificate • NURSPACT PGC

The Family Nurse Practitioner program focuses on continual and comprehensive, wellness and illness care for individuals across the lifespan to assist with illness management, health promotion, and health education. Graduate Family Nurse Practitioner students will be prepared to assume leadership roles for the targeted populations in the primary settings. Family Nurse Practitioners are prepared to provide care to individuals with acute and chronic illnesses in a variety of primary care practice settings such as clinics, outpatient services and more.

Upon successful completion of the Family Nurse Practitioner Post-Graduate Certificate, the graduate will be eligible to seek certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner, offered by American Nurses’ Credentialing Center and/or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Following successful certification the graduate applies to the Department of Professional Regulation for licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) for practice in their state.

Learning Outcomes

Synthesize concepts and theories from nursing and related disciplines and sciences to deliver advanced nursing care.
Integrate evidence-based knowledge, research, and clinical judgment to design, coordinate, and evaluate the delivery of care.
Integrate current and emerging health and information technologies effectively into one’s practice to enhance health outcomes.
Collaborate effectively within an interprofessional context to improve the delivery of care across the healthcare continuum.
Apply organizational and systems leadership strategies to promote high quality and safe patient care environments.
Advocate for policies at the local, state, and national levels to improve health and advance the profession of nursing.
Demonstrate beginning competency in advanced nursing role.

Advanced Nursing Core - 9 Credits

NURS 601 - MSN Orientation Seminar 0 Credits
NURS 735 - Advanced Pathophysiology 3 Credits
NURS 738 - Advanced Pharmacology 3 Credits
NURS 740 - Advanced Health Assessment 2 Credits
NURS 740V - Advanced Health Assessment Lab 1 Credits

Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration - 26 Credits

NURS 768 - FNP I-Health Promotion for the Advanced Practice Nurse 2 Credits
NURS 768C - FNP I-Health Promotion for the Advanced Practice Nurse Clinical 1 Credits
NURS 772 - FNP Onsite Campus Intensive 1 Credits
NURS 776 - FNP II-Acute and Episodic Problems across the Lifespan 2 Credits
NURS 776C - FNP II-Acute and Episodic Problems across the Lifespan Clinical 5 Credits
NURS 781 - FNP III-Advanced Practice Nursing Care of Woman, Childbearing Family, and Pediatrics 2 Credits
NURS 781C - Advanced Practice Nursing Care of Woman, Childbearing Family, and Pediatrics Clinical 5 Credits
NURS 786 - FNP IV-Management of Patients and Families with Chronic Conditions 2 Credits
NURS 786C - FNP IV-Management of Patients and Families with Chronic Conditions Clinical 5 Credits
NURS 788 - Advanced Gerontology 1 Credits

Capstone - 1 Credit

NURS 794 - Family Nurse Practitioner Capstone 1 Credits

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