Family Nurse Practitioner, FNP Certificate

Certificate Requirements

Credits determined by gap analysis.

Applicants with pre-licensure master of nursing degrees may be required to take additional courses from the graduate nursing common core curriculum to meet all program requirements, if equivalent coursework was not completed in their prior masters program.

NURS 640Advanced Physical Assessment Across the Lifespan 13
NURS 642Diagnostic Reasoning for Family Nurse Practitioners3
NURS 681Pathophysiology For Advanced Practice Nursing 13
NURS 682Clinical Pharmacology for Prescribing Advanced Practice Nursing 13
NURS 721Advanced Theory and Practice I for Family Nurse Practitioners7
NURS 722Advanced Theory and Practice II for Family Nurse Practitioners6
NURS 723Advanced Theory and Practice III for Family Nurse Practitioners6
NURS 724Advanced Theory and Practice IV for Family Nurse Practitioners6
Total Credits37

Total clinical hours: 760 

1 Required for all non-nurse practitioners enrolled in CAGS. Credit for NURS 682 and NURS 640 will only be accepted if the courses were finished within two years of starting clinical practice. If a student's original Advanced Pharmacology and/or Advanced Physical Assessment courses were completed more than two years before clinical placements, they must exhibit clinical proficiency through a test-out option.