Family Nurse Practitioner

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Mount Carmel’s College of Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Program is designed for RN’s who are ready to pursue graduate education that will lead to a primary care focused advanced practice nursing role. The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) provides comprehensive primary health care services to individuals from infancy through adulthood. FNPs are prepared to provide care to individuals with acute illnesses such as bronchitis or minor infections and chronic illnesses such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity. Preventive health services, patient education, disease management and other health initiatives are provided to heal the body, mind and spirit within the context of family and community. The goal of the FNP program is to prepare highly skilled and culturally sensitive advanced practice nurses who are committed to providing quality, cost-effective primary care services to individuals, families and communities.

Students graduating from the Family Nurse Practitioner track will be eligible for American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certification examination for Family Nurse Practitioner.

Student Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the Family Nurse Practitioner track, graduates will have the knowledge and skills to:

Assume advanced nursing roles in clinical practice
Deliver competent health care to diverse populations within the community
Use epidemiological, social, and environmental data to draw inferences to effectively assist patients in achieving and/or maintaining optimal health or to stabilize chronic conditions
Design health promotion and disease prevention clinical programs for individuals and families in primary care settings
Evaluate nursing practice and health care to produce quality outcomes of evidence-based primary care services throughout the community
Demonstrate leadership in clinical practice
Use ethical decision making in the delivery of primary care services for vulnerable populations
Collaborate with intra and interdisciplinary professionals to achieve quality outcomes in nursing practice
Facilitate the use of evidence-based practice in nursing
Promote nursing as a profession and a discipline
Demonstrates scholarly inquiry through verbal and written communication in clinical scholarship

Family Nurse Practitioner curriculum

Graduate Core: 13 cr. hrs.

Direct Care Core: 9 cr. hrs.

Functional Area Core: Family Nurse Practitioner 27 cr. hrs.

NURS 570 - Primary Care I
(5 credit hours didactic & 3 credit hours practicum= 150 clinical hours) (Pre-requisite of NURS 501 , NURS 502 , NURS 503 , NURS 504 , NURS 520 , NURS 521 , NURS 522 )
NURS 571 - Primary Care II
(5 credit hours didactic & 5 credit hours practicum= 250 clinical hours) (Pre-requisite of NURS 501 , NURS 502 , NURS 503 , NURS 504 , NURS 520 , NURS 521 , NURS 522 , NURS 570 )
NURS 572 - Primary Care III
(Pre-requisite of NURS 501 , NURS 502 , NURS 503 , NURS 504 , NURS 520 , NURS 521 , NURS 522 , NURS 570 , NURS 572 ) (Co-requisite NURS 579 )
NURS 579 - Transition to Advanced Practice

Curriculum Plans

***Family Nurse Practitioner students must follow the Full time or Part time Curriculum plans.

Note(s):

* NURS 501 OR NURS 503 must be taken as one of the first courses in the program
* NURS 598 - Scholarly manuscript completion * : If the scholarly manuscript is not satisfactory completed at the time of course completion, students must enroll in NURS 598 (see policy )