Overview
The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) focuses on the diagnostic reasoning, assessment, and management of the primary health care of individuals of all ages. The FNP has advanced knowledge and skills in health promotion and maintenance, disease prevention, and physical and psychosocial assessment. The FNP manages acute conditions and the chronically ill individual within a family practice setting. They recognize patients in primary health care settings who manifest common health problems or changes in their health status requiring referral to appropriate providers. This specialty is not prepared to practice in acute care hospital areas.
Career opportunities include primary care practices, specialty and urgent care clinics, health departments, K- 12 schools, college-based health clinics, and health care insurance companies.
NP credentialing - Graduates are eligible to apply to take the Nurse Practitioner board certification exam in this specialty.
The following information regarding this specialty track is accurate at the time of publication, but is subject to change.
Family Nurse Practitioner Enrolled Beginning Fall 2024
| Number | Course Name | Credit Hrs |
| EPI 808 | Biostatistics and Epidemiology in Nursing Practice * | 4 |
| NRSG 600 | Foundations of Scholarly Writing * | 1 |
| NRSG 601 | Advanced-Level Nursing Roles * | 2 |
| NRSG 602 | Foundations of Quality, Safety, Informatics and Finance * | 4 |
| NRSG 603 | Foundations of Theories and Evidence-Based Practice * | 3 |
| NRSG 604 | Foundations of Population-Based Health Policy * | 3 |
| NRSG 605 | Advanced Pathophysiology * | 4 |
| NRSG 606 | Pharmacotherapeutics for the Advanced Practice Nurse * | 3 |
| NRSG 607 | Advanced Assessment & Clinical Reasoning Across the Life Span * | 3 |
| NRSG 608 | Transformational Leadership and Complex Systems * | 3 |
| NRSG 651 | Advanced Primary Care of Families I | 3 |
| NRSG 652 | Advanced Primary Care of Families II | 4 |
| NRSG 653 | Advanced Primary Care of Families III | 3 |
| NRSG 654 | Advanced Primary Care of Families Clinical | 10 |
| TOTAL | 50 |
* Represents a core course for this specialty.
Family Nurse Practitioner Enrolled Before Fall 2024
| Number | Course Name | Credit Hrs |
| Various Graduate Statistics ** | ||
| NRSG 602 | Nursing Scholarship * | 4 |
| NRSG 603 | Leadership in Nursing * | 3 |
| NRSG 604 | Health Systems Innovation and Improvement * | 3 |
| NRSG 605 | Advanced Pathophysiology * | 4 |
| NRSG 606 | Applied Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nurses * | 3 |
| NRSG 607 | Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning Across the Lifespan * | 3 |
| NRSG 608 | Transition to Nurse Practitioner Practice * | 1 |
| NRSG 609 | Health Promotion for Populations * | 3 |
| NRSG 637 | Health Promotion in Primary Care for Individuals and Families | 5 |
| NRSG 638 | Primary Health Care of Young Families | 6 |
| NRSG 639 | Primary Health Care of Older Families | 6 |
| NRSG 640 | Advanced Primary Health Care of Families | 1-5 |
| TOTAL | 45-49 |