Family Nurse Practitioner

The Role

Nurse Practitioners traditionally practice in primary care settings. Nurse Practitioners provide primary care to healthy families and families experiencing acute health problems and/or chronic health problems in ambulatory care, sub-acute care, long term care, or acute care settings.

The Content

Courses in advanced health assessment, disease management, advanced skills, and pharmacology is required. Our highly skilled faculty, along with our very talented group of preceptors, provides excellent classroom and clinical experiences for students. In addition to multiple area specialties, which include pediatrics, family, emergency, and adult nurse practitioner certification, faculty have numerous publications and research activities to their credit and maintain active roles in many of the professional associations specifically linked to their specialties.

The curriculum has all the components of the nurse practitioner advanced practice role as recommended by the National Organization for Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) and is consistent with that defined by the Florida Board of Nursing requirements and regulated by Florida Statutes for Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs). Clinical experiences are structured to meet prerequisites for writing certification examinations as Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP).

The Opportunity

At no other time in history have there been so many options for non-traditional students to pursue continuing education. The Florida State University's web-based MSN Family Nurse Practitioner program is designed especially to allow the working nurse to integrate school into an already busy lifestyle. A flexible schedule, coupled with the ability to arrange convenient clinical placements, make distance learning the option of choice for many professionals interested in expanding their employment potential.

The Family Nurse Practitioner is prepared to assess, manage, diagnose, and treat both chronic and acute illnesses within the scope of practice as defined by state law. Many specialty practices now employ nurse practitioners as well, so there is a broad scope of practice opportunities for the NP graduate.




MSN Overview MSN Family Nurse Practitioner MSN Nurse Educator Post Masters and Doctoral Program Admission and Application Financial Aid and Scholarships Graduate Advising Office of Graduate Studies Online Learning@FSU Academic Calendar Blackboard (campus.fsu.edu)	Family Nurse Practitioner The Role Nurse Practitioners traditionally practice in primary care settings. Nurse Practitioners provide primary care to healthy families and families experiencing acute health problems and/or chronic health problems in ambulatory care, sub-acute care, long term care, or acute care settings. The Content Courses in advanced health assessment, disease management, advanced skills, and pharmacology is required. Our highly skilled faculty, along with our very talented group of preceptors, provides excellent classroom and clinical experiences for students. In addition to multiple area specialties, which include pediatrics, family, emergency, and adult nurse practitioner certification, faculty have numerous publications and research activities to their credit and maintain active roles in many of the professional associations specifically linked to their specialties. The curriculum has all the components of the nurse practitioner advanced practice role as recommended by the National Organization for Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) and is consistent with that defined by the Florida Board of Nursing requirements and regulated by Florida Statutes for Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs). Clinical experiences are structured to meet prerequisites for writing certification examinations as Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). The Opportunity At no other time in history have there been so many options for non-traditional students to pursue continuing education. The Florida State University's web-based MSN Family Nurse Practitioner program is designed especially to allow the working nurse to integrate school into an already busy lifestyle. A flexible schedule, coupled with the ability to arrange convenient clinical placements, make distance learning the option of choice for many professionals interested in expanding their employment potential. The Family Nurse Practitioner is prepared to assess, manage, diagnose, and treat both chronic and acute illnesses within the scope of practice as defined by state law. Many specialty practices now employ nurse practitioners as well, so there is a broad scope of practice opportunities for the NP graduate.	Course Schedule Full Time Course Schedule Part Time