Apr 03, 2025

2018-2019 Graduate Academic Catalog

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Primary Care Family Nurse Practitioner

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The Post-Graduate Certificate as a Primary Care Family Nurse Practitioner is provided in hybrid format for non-clinical courses and is designed for nurses who already have a graduate degree in nursing from an accredited program in another concentration, such as nurse educator, nurse administrator, or Clinical Nurse Leader. This certificate consists of 37 credits taken over 2 to 3 years. A maximum of 12 equivalent graduate level credits may be transferred.

Admission Requirements

• MSN from accredited program
• Current Michigan RN license
• College chemistry with grade of C or higher, 3 credit course, general, organic, or biochemistry.

Required Courses (37 cr)

NURS 610 - Pathophysiology for FNP 3 cr
NURS 612 - Pharmacology for FNP 3 cr
NURS 614 - Professional Role Development for FNPs 1 cr
NURS 616 - Genomics Competencies for ANP 1 cr
NURS 636 - Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision Making 1 cr
NURS 670 - Advanced Assessment for FNP 3 cr
NURS 671 - Family Health Care I 3 cr
NURS 672 - Family Health Care II 3 cr
NURS 673 - Family Health Care III 3 cr
NURS 674 - FNP Clinical 2-4 (10 total) cr
NURS 760 - Nursing Informatics & Quality Improvement 3 cr
NURS 772 - Epidemiology & Population Hlth in ANP 3 cr