Family Nurse Practitioner Primary Care

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Practice assessment, diagnosis, health promotion, and disease management in various primary care settings

For the APRN who wants to add a Family Nurse Primary Care focus to their certifications, you can obtain a Post Masters Certificate as a FNP. The Family Nurse Practitioner Program curriculum has a strong academic and clinical basis in which students complete a course of study over 2 ½ to 3 years. 

Students develop competencies in assessment, diagnosis, health promotion, and disease management in various primary care settings. Students work with nurse practitioners and physician preceptors, where they experience learning in various clinical agencies and practice settings.

Students participate in a minimum of 750 clinical practicum hours where they work closely with a family nurse practitioner and other primary care providers in primary care settings. The FNP curriculum is unique in providing a strong foundation in understanding the business of primary care. This includes assessing a community to discover the primary care needs, learning how to develop a plan for having a fiscally viable practice, and working within the license and insurance regulations of the student’s state.

 

Did you know Molloy has a DNP pathway for APRN post certificate programs? Pathways to DNP

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  • Required Courses

    FNP Program Courses - 18 Credits

    • NUR 5620 FNP: Practicum in Primary Care I (200 clinical hours) - 2 credits
    • NUR 5630 FNP: Practicum in Primary Care II (200 clinical hours) - 2 credits
    • NUR 5640 FNP: Practicum in Primary Care III (200 clinical hours) - 2 credits
    • NUR 5780 FNP: Diagnostic Reasoning (90 clinical hours) – 3 credits
    • NUR 5810 FNP: Diagnostics and Therapeutics I – 3 credits
    • NUR 5820 FNP: Diagnostics and Therapeutics II – 3 credits
    • NUR 5860 FNP: Diagnostics and Therapeutics III – 3 credits

    Gap analysis of prior program will determine need for additional courses

  • Catalog Course Descriptions

    For more information and course descriptions visit our Graduate Course Catalog.

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