MSN in Family Nurse Practitioner
Program
Quick Facts100% Online
$682 per credit hour**
48
Credit Hours
Time to Completion: 30 months*
Learn what it takes to deliver care to patients and families in primary care settings with Husson Online’s MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner track. Graduates of the program are eligible to sit for the ANCC or AANP Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam. While coursework is delivered 100 percent online, students are required to engage in a clinical orientation and fulfill 600 hours of clinicals.
*Potential for 24-month accelerated track. **Rate effective May 1, 2022. All rates subject to change.
Upcoming Start Dates:
Term 3: January 20, 2025
Term 4: March 17, 2025
Course Spotlights
NU 700 Theories and Roles for Advanced Nursing Practice
This course is designed to provide an opportunity to analyze theoretical concepts, principles and processes from nursing and related disciplines to guide advanced clinical practice and role development.
NU 702 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
This course builds upon undergraduate understanding of pharmacological principles and agents by preparing students to evaluate and prescribe medications for common acute and chronic health problems seen in the primary care setting.
NU 704 Advanced Health Assessment
The course is designed to enable the graduate nursing student to develop diagnostic reasoning skills and to utilize a regional approach to physical examination. Instruction builds upon the health assessment skills of the professional nurse’s basic education program.
NU 706 Advanced Pathophysiology
This course examines the reaction of the body to disease throughout the lifespan. Using a conceptual approach that is designed to integrate knowledge from basic and clinical sciences, it focuses on alterations in biological processes which affect the body’s dynamic equilibrium.
ACCREDITATION
Husson Online programs are accredited through NECHE and prepare students for professional career opportunities.
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TRANSFER CREDITS
Generous transfer credit policy and lifelong career services.