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Master of Science with a Family Nurse Practitioner Specialization
Master's Degree
New students may begin August 2010
- 59-61 Credits
- 2+ Years to Complete
- Online with Live Web Classes and/or Recorded Lectures
- 2 On-Campus 1-Week Visits
- Full or Part-Time Options
- In-State Tuition Regardless of Residency
UND College of Nursing’s Master of Science in Nursing with a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Clinical Specialization prepares you for advanced practice in family primary care nursing. As an FNP, you will have advanced diagnostic reasoning and clinical problem-solving skills.
Through online courses and a clinical preceptorship, you will learn to:
- integrate theory, research, and experiential knowledge and evidence-based practice into advanced nursing practice.
- demonstrate competence in advanced nursing practice consistent with applicable professional standards.
- practice in the development of nursing science through evidence-based practice, research and theory.
- integrate relationships between social, cultural, political and economic issues and health care delivery.
As a graduate of the distance program, you will be able to:
- manage client health/illness status.
- implement a therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
- teach and coach health maintenance.
- function as an advanced practice nurse.
- manage and negotiate within complex health care delivery systems.
- monitor and ensure quality of health care practice.
- practice with cultural competence.
Certification Exam
After successful completion of your program, you will have completed 697.5 hours of clinical nursing and be eligible to complete the national American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners certification exam for Family Nurse Practitioner.
Upon certification, you may obtain prescriptive privileges (depending on your state regulations).
Note: If you are a registered nurse (RN) who does not have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), you may pursue your Family Nurse Practitioner Specialization through the RN to MS Distance Degree Program.
