Family Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner
The nurse practitioner is a skilled health care provider who uses expert clinical judgment and decision making in conducting comprehensive health assessments, making differential diagnoses, and prescribing of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions in the direct treatment of health problems. Nurse practitioners function as care providers, case managers, researchers, consultants, and educators.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Family nurse practitioners are advanced practice nurses who function as primary care providers to clients of any age, focusing on common health care problems. These skilled health care providers use expert clinical judgment and decision making in the performance of comprehensive health assessments, differential diagnoses and prescribing of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions in the direct treatment of health problems. These work in collaborative practices with primary care physicians to deliver culturally sensitive care to clients.
Curriculum
FALL SEMESTER I
| NUR 605 | Advanced Health Assessment (42 lab hours) |
3 SH |
| NUR 606 | Advanced Pathophysiology (Web course) | 3 SH |
| NUR 610 | Family Nurse Practitioner I (168 Clinical Hours) |
6 SH |
| Total | 12 SH |
SPRING SEMESTER
| NUR 602 | Scholarly Inquiry for Advanced Practice (Web course) | 3 SH |
| NUR 607 | Advanced Pharmacology (Web course) | 3 SH |
| NUR 611 | Family Nurse Practitioner II (168 Clinical Hours) |
6 SH |
| Total | 12 SH |
SUMMER SEMESTER
| NUR 698/699 | Plan I (thesis) or Plan II (non-thesis elective) | 3 SH |
| NUR 698/699 | Plan I (thesis) or Plan II (non-thesis elective) | 3 SH |
| NUR 612 |
Family Nurse Practitioner III |
6 SH |
| Total | 12 SH |
FALL SEMESTER II
| NUR 613 |
Family Nurse Practitioner IV |
6 SH |
| Total | 9 SH |
Total classroom: 42 semester hours
Total clinical: 672 clinical hours
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