MSN - Family Nurse Practitioner
The Family Nurse Practitioner specialty prepares the graduate for eligibility as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) in Kansas. The 50-56 credit hour curriculum is composed of seven core courses, five advanced practice core courses, six nurse practitioner courses and a Graduate Project or Thesis. The curriculum adheres to guidelines provided by pertinent credentialing and regulating organizations while creating a flexible and contemporary graduate education. All graduates possess an advanced core of knowledge to assess and manage health within complex systems.
Nurse Practitioners provide clients with health education, health promotion and maintenance interventions. They assume responsibility with individuals across the life span and their families to maintain and promote health, care for people with acute and chronic illness and provide supportive and restorative measures for realization of maximum health potential. Graduates are eligible to seek national certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (AACN) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
Core Courses:
(All courses must be completed to meet graduation requirements. These courses are offered more than once each academic year)
NU500 Theoretical Foundations 3
NU502 Practice Ethics 2
NU508 Health Care Policy 4
NU516 Informatics-Health Care 2+
Family Nurse Practitioner - Full-Time
Fall (Semester 1) Spring (Semester 2)
NU 506 Advanced Pathophysiology 3+ NU 512 Advanced Pharmacology 3+
NU 507 Advanced Patho-Family 1+ NU 513 Advance Pharm-Pediatric 1+
NU 510 Professional Roles 2+ NU 514 Adv. Health Assessment 4
Summer I
NU 603 Primary Care 3
Fall (Semester3) Spring (Semester 4)
NU 600 Adult Health I 3 NU 604 Adult Health II 3
NU 602 Adult Health Practicum I 3 NU 606 Health Practicum II 3
NU 517 Clinical Scholarship-EBP 3 NU 670 Project/Thesis 2
NU 504 Integrative Healing 2+
Summer II (optional)
NU 608 Practicum Specialty 3
Fall (Semester 5)
NU 608 Practicum Specialty 3
NU 670 Project Thesis 2 + Online Course
Family Nurse Practitioner - Part-Time
OPTION A:
Fall (Semester 1) Spring (Semester 2)
NU 500 Theoretical Foundations 3 NU 504 Integrative Healing 2+
NU 516 Informatics/ Health Care 2+ NU 502 Ethics 2
Summer 1
NU 510 Professional Roles 2+
Fall (Semester 3) Spring (Semester 4) Summer 2
NU 506 Adv. Pathophysiology 3+ NU 512 Advanced Pharmacology 3+
NU 507 Adv. Patho-Family 1+ NU 513 Advance Pharm-Pediatric 1+
NU 508 Health Care Policy 4 NU 517 Clinical Scholarship-EBP 3
Fall (Semester 5) Spring (Semester 6) Summer 3
NU 514 Adv. Health Assessment 4 NU 603 Primary Care 3
NU 670 Project/Thesis 2
Fall (Semester 7) Spring (Semester 8)
NU 600 Adult Health I 3 NU 604 Adult Health II 3
NU 602 Adult Health Practicum I 3 NU 606 Health Practicum II 3
NU 670 Project/Thesis 2
Summer 4
NU 608 Practicum Specialty 3 + Online Course
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OPTION B:
Fall (Semester 1) Spring (Semester 2) Summer 1
NU 510 Professional Roles 2+ NU 500 Theoretical Foundations 3
NU 516 Informatics-Health Care 2+ NU 508 Health Care Policy 4
Fall (Semester 3) Spring (Semester 4) Summer 2
NU 502 Ethics 2 NU 506 Adv. Pathophysiology 3+
NU 517 Clinical Scholarship-EBP 3 NU 507 Adv. Patho-Family 1+
NU 504 Integrative Healing 2+
Fall (Semester 5) Spring (Semester 6)
NU 512 Adv. Pharmacology 3+ NU 603 Primary Care 3
NU 513 Adv. Pharm-Pediatric 1+ NU 670 Project/Thesis 2
NU 514 Adv. Hlth. Assessment 4
Summer 3
NU 670 Project/Thesis 2
Fall (Semester 7) Spring (Semester 8)
NU 600 Adult Health I 3 NU 604 Adult Health II 3
NU 602 Health Practicum I 3 NU 606 Health Practicum II 3
Summer 4 (optional)
NU 608 Practicum Specialty 3 + Online Course
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OPTION C:
Fall (Semester 1) Spring (Semester 2)
NU 506 Adv. Pathophysiology 3+ NU 512 Advanced Pharmacology 3+
NU 507 Adv. Patho-Family 1+ NU 513 Adv. Pharm-Pediatric 1+
NU 516 Informatics/Health Care 2+ NU 502 Ethics 2
Summer 1
NU 504 Integrative Healing 2+
NU 510 Professional Roles 2+
Fall (Semester 3) Spring (Semester 4)
NU 514 Adv. Health Assessment 4 NU 517 Clinical Scholarship- EBP 3
NU 500 Theoretical Foundations 3 NU 508 Health Care Policy 4
Summer 2
NU 603 Primary Care 3
Fall (Semester 5) Spring (Semester 6)
NU 600 Adult Health I 3 NU 604 Adult Health II 3
NU 602 Health Practicum I 3 NU 606 Health Practicum II 3
NU 670 Project/Thesis 2 NU 670 Project/Thesis 2
Summer 3
NU 608 Practicum Specialty 3 + Online Course
