BSN-DNP – Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

Full-Time Plan of Study

Students prepare for advanced practice in this partially online, partially on-campus program. Students can select from a full-time or part-time plan of study. Students complete their FNP master's degree after completing NUR 477, and they complete their DNP in 4-5 years, depending on whether they've selected a full-time or part-time plan.

Year 1

Fall

NUR 401 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing and Health Care (3)

NUR 431 Diagnostic Reasoning (3)

NUR 437 Pathophysiology (3)

Spring

NUR 407 Research (3)

NUR 433 Pharmacotherapeutics (3)

NUR 471 FNP I (5), 120 clinical hrs.

Summer

NUR 473 FNP II (5), 120 clinical hrs.

NUR 511 Health Policy (3)

Year 2

Fall

NUR 405 Epidemiology (3)

NUR 475 FNP III (7), 180 clinical hrs.

Spring

NUR 477 FNP IV (6), 240 clinical hrs.

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) master's degree completes with NUR 477.

Summer

NUR 564 Evidence Based Practice (3)

NUR 409 Understanding Statistics (3)

Year 3

Fall

NUR 562 Leadership in Healthcare Systems (3)

NUR 535 Applied Data Management (3)

Spring

NUR 451 Finance (3)

NUR 565 Changing Healthcare Systems: Quality (3)

Summer

NUR 509 Informatics (3)

NUR 539 Scholarly Project Design (1)

Year 4

Fall

NUR 543 Scholarly Project I (2)

NUR 550 Clinical Residency I (2), 120 clinical hrs.

Spring

NUR 545 Scholarly Project II (2)

NUR 552 Clinical Residency II (2), 120 clinical hrs.

Summer

NUR 547 Scholarly Project III (2)

NUR 554 Clinical Residency III (2), 120 clinical hrs.

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS:  78
TOTAL CLINICAL  HOURS:  1020

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• Full-Time Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Plan of Study