The program responds to the health personnel trends and needs of diverse communities. Courses focus on the roles and responsibilities of being a Family Nurse Practitioner, and preparing students to practice and lead family health care across a variety of health care environments.

Our program provides the space for practicing nurse professionals to learn and advance the skills needed to serve as experts in the specialized area of family practice. Graduates incorporate advanced theory and research into the competencies required to assume responsibility and accountability for the health promotion, assessment, diagnosis, and management of health for issues related to culturally diverse clients and their families.

Nursing is a varied and complex field full of lucrative professional and leadership opportunities. A graduate education can help you meet the challenges of increasing responsibilities as well as critical staffing and leadership needs.

With a variety of specializations, the field of nursing offers lucrative salary ranges for practitioners and leaders with specialized skill. And for those who want to leave active practice, an advanced degree can open the door to mentorship and educator roles, where you play an active part in helping other nurses succeed.

There are 2 degree pathways. Based on a the admission application, a student can seek admission to the BSN to DNP degree or Post-Master's certificate to DNP degree. The BSN to DNP pathway includes courses for preparation as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). The pathways can be completed in a traditional or hybrid format. The DNP pathways also include executive-format courses on Fridays and Saturdays for some classes. Students have the option to complete the program full-time or part-time.

Because this is a practice-focused program, each student must complete a total of 1000 clinical practice hours. At least 300 hours must be completed as part of the DNP program, but students may transfer up to 700 hours from an accredited MSN degree program. Students in the BSN to DNP pathway will accrue 1,000 practicing hours while enrolled. Each student must successfully also complete a DNP Scholarly Project as a requirement for graduation.

Nursing is a varied and complex field full of lucrative professional and leadership opportunities. A graduate education can help you meet the challenges of increasing responsibilities as well as critical staffing and leadership needs.

With a variety of specializations, the field of nursing offers lucrative salary ranges for practitioners and leaders with specialized skill. And for those who want to leave active practice, an advanced degree can open the door to mentorship and educator roles, where you play an active part in helping other nurses succeed.

There are 2 degree pathways. Based on a the admission application, a student can seek admission to the BSN to DNP degree or Post-Master's DNP degree. The BSN to DNP pathway includes courses for preparation as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). The pathways can be completed in a traditional or hybrid format. The DNP pathways also include executive-format courses on Fridays and Saturdays for some classes. Students have the option to complete the program full-time or part-time.

Because this is a practice-focused program, each student must complete a total of 1000 clinical practice hours. At least 300 hours must be completed as part of the Post-Master's. For the Post-Master's pathway, students may transfer up to 700 hours from an accredited MSN degree program.