Curriculum Plan - FNP

This program is for registered nurses who completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program and desire to complete a Doctor of Nursing Practice with a Family Nurse Practitioner specialty. A student completing this specialty track will be prepared to meet requirements to take the Family Nurse Practitioner certification examination offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board.

For students who entered the program prior to Fall 2024, download a pdf of the BSN to DNP FNP Full-Time Plan or the BSN to DNP FNP Part-Time Plan.

Full-Time Curriculum Plan

Semester 1 – Fall

  • NUR 603: Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology, 3 hours
  • NUR 607: Advanced Pharmacology, 3 hours
  • NUR 730: Transition to the Practice Doctorate, 2 hours
  • NUR 731: Clinical Epidemiology, 3 hours

Total semester credit hours: 11

Semester 2 – Spring

  • NUR 732: Population Health, 3 hours
  • NUR 734: Health Care Economics and Finance, 3 hours
  • NUR 739: Healthcare Policy, 3 hours

Total semester credit hours: 9

Semester 3 – Summer

  • NUR 675: Statistics for the Behavioral and Clinical Sciences, 3 hours
  • NUR 735: Informatics and Patient Care Technology, 3 hours

Total semester credit hours: 6

Semester 4 – Fall

  • NUR 602: Advanced Health Assessment, 3 hours
  • NUR 631: Care of Adults in the Primary Care Setting I, 4 hours
  • NUR 649: Role and Scope of the APRN, 1 hour
  • NUR 728: Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice, 3 hours

Total semester credit hours: 11

Semester 5 – Spring

  • NUR 641: Care of Children/Adolescents in the Primary Care Setting, 3 hours
  • NUR 653: Women’s Health, 2 hours
  • NUR 733: Evidence Appraisal, 3 hours
  • NUR 771: Primary Care Practicum I for the DNP (180 practicum hours), 3 hours

Total semester credit hours: 11

Semester 6 – Summer

  • NUR 634: Care of Adults in the Primary Care Setting II, 3 hours
  • NUR 729: DNP Project Development, 1 hour
  • NUR 736: Outcomes Measurement and Program Evaluation, 3 hours
  • NUR 772: Primary Care Practicum II for the DNP (180 practicum hours), 3 hours

Total semester credit hours: 10

Semester 7 – Fall

  • NUR 628: Synthesis of Advanced Nursing Practice, 1 hour
  • NUR 650: Interprofessional Leadership & Practice Excellence for the APRN, 2 hours
  • NUR 738: Organizational and Systems Leadership (60 immersion hours), 3 hours
  • NUR 740A: DNP Immersion (60 immersion hours), 1 hour
  • NUR 773: Primary Care Practicum III for the DNP (180 practicum hours), 3 hours

Total semester credit hours: 10

Semester 8 – Spring

  • NUR 740B DNP: Immersion (120 immersion hours), 2 hours
  • NUR 741: Advancing Nursing Practice, 2 hours
  • NUR 777: Primary Care Practicum IV for the DNP (240 practicum hours), 4 hours

Total course hours: 76
Total practicum hours: 780
Total immersion hours: 240
Total post-baccalaureate practice hours: 1020

For practicum courses, the ratio of credit hours to clinical practice is 1:4.