Family Nurse Practitioner
Care for a wide range of clients, in multiple settings, across the lifespan, in collaboration with a healthcare team as a Family Nurse Practitioner, or FNP.
With a focus on prevention and primary care, many FNPs choose to work in health professional shortage areas to increase access to care.
Upon successful completion of the MSN curriculum, students meet educational requirements to take the Nurse Practitioner Role: Family Nurse Practitioner national certification examination, and to apply for an advanced practice license.
To earn the Master of Science in Nursing with a Family Nurse Practitioner concentration, the student must adhere to the following degree plan requirements:
- Earn a minimum of 42-45 credit hours: Family Nurse Practitioner concentration.
- Attain a minimum of 600 precepted clinical hours in Louisiana.
- Satisfactorily complete a Focused Scholarly Project or Thesis.
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Earn no less than a "B" grade in all coursework.
- Note: Students who earn less than a "B" grade in a course will be required to repeat that course. A course may be repeated only once. Courses with a grade of "C" may not be applied toward the degree requirements.
Curriculum
Semester 1
NURS 500 - Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Credit Hours: 3 May be substituted by BSN to DNP students with NURS 830.
NURS 505 - Applied Statistics for the Health Sciences Credit Hours: 3
NURS 518 - Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nursing Credit Hours: 3
Total: 9 Credits
Semester 2
NURS 502 - Generating Evidence for Nursing Practice Credit Hours: 3
NURS 507 - Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning for Advanced Practice Credit Hours: 3
NURS 517 - Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nursing Credit Hours: 3
Total: 9 Credits
Semester 3
NURS 509 - Population-Based Primary Care Credit Hours: 3 May be substituted by BSN to DNP students with NURS 831.
NURS 582 - Advanced Practice Nursing: Family Health I Credit Hours: 5
Total: 8 Credits
Semester 4
NURS 583 - Advanced Practice Nursing: Family Health II Credit Hours: 5
NURS 595 - Focused Scholarly Project Credit Hours: 3 *
or
NURS 599 - Thesis Research and Thesis Credit Hours: 3-9 *
NURS 595 or NURS 599 may be substituted by BSN to DNP students with NURS 803.
*All MSN students must complete either NURS 599 OR NURS 595. Students who elect to complete a thesis must earn 6 hours of NURS 599 applicable to the total credit hours required. Students who elect to complete a focused scholarly project must earn 3 hours of NURS 595 applicable to the credit hours required.
Total: 8 Credits
Semester 5
NURS 584 - Advanced Practice Nursing: Family Health III Credit Hours: 5
NURS 581 - Business, Leadership and Health Policy for Nurse Practitioners Credit Hours: 3
NURS 599 - Thesis Research and Thesis Credit Hours: 3-9 *
*All MSN students must complete either NURS 599 OR NURS 595. Students who elect to complete a thesis must earn 6 hours of NURS 599 applicable to the total credit hours required. Students who elect to complete a focused scholarly project must earn 3 hours of NURS 595 applicable to the credit hours required.
Total: 8-11 Credits