Master of Science in Nursing / Family Nurse Practitioner
The MSN Nurse Practitioner program is designed for those nurses who
want to pursue more advanced positions in today's challenging health care
environment. The program blends RN nursing theory with advanced practice
concepts necessary to successfully work within the structure, culture, and
mission of any size health care organization or educational setting.
The MSN Nurse Practitioner programs courses require the student to
complete 46 graduate credits.
Classes meet in formal sessions a minimum of eight hours per week to
accommodate delivery of required didactic theory hours. Scheduling of
these class sessions will be determined by each campus offering the
program. Additional time is required outside of class for clinical hours,
labs, homework and project activities. Upon satisfactory completion of the
didactic hours students will complete a clinical preceptorship. This
component requires the student to complete a minimum of 20 hours of
preceptored clinical experiences over 23 weeks.
Students enrolling in this program should consider the significant time
required. For guidance with program requirements students should contact
the campus Nurse Practitioner Clinical Coordinator.
Graduate cognate courses must be completed prior to entering the nurse
practitioner course sequence. The course sequence will be completed in the
order determined by the University. The University reserves the right to
modify the curriculum as necessary.
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