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Post Masters FNP Certificate
Post Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate

(Semester Credit Hours Required for Completion — 27)

Key: CL = Clinical; WB = Web Based (on-line course); WE = Web-Enhanced; T = Traditional

Required Courses Credits
NURS 5111 Advanced Practice Nurse Role (1:1:0 WB) 1
NURS 5222 Diagnostic Methods and Procedures (CL 2:1:3 WB) Requires on campus lab 2
NURS 5342 Advanced Health Assessment (CL 3:1:7 WB (Requires on campus lab) 3
NURS 5343 Pharmacotherapeutics for Nurses in Advanced Practice (3:3:0 WB) 3
NURS 5345 Advanced Practice Nursing: Application of Pathophysiology (3:3:0 WB) 3
♦ NURS 5440 Primary Health Care I: Advanced Assessment, Pathology, and Management (CL 4:2:7 WB) 4
NURS 5541 Primary Health Care II: Advanced Role Application (CL 5:2:11 WB) 5
NURS 6660 Nursing Practicum-A portion of clinical must be completed in medically underserved settings. (CL 6:1:17 WB) 6

♦ All Family Nurse Practitioner students are required to hold ACLS Certification appropriate to their clinical specialty as a prerequisite to NURS 5440.