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Family Nurse Practitioner

Overview

The Family track in the graduate program is designed to prepare nurses to deliver primary health care to adults and families.

The didactic curriculum will provide students with advanced knowledge and skills in biophysiological science, pharmacotherapeutics, primary care concepts, advanced assessment, and diagnostic skills as a basis for clinical practice.

The clinical component consists of a minimum of 630 hours of guided experience under the mentorship of an advanced practice nurse or a physician.

Plans of study are designed by faculty with individual consideration given to students’ goals and geographic locations. Graduates are eligible to take ANCC or AANP certification exams as family nurse practitioners and for state certification as nurse practitioners.

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