Doctor of Nursing Practice and Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate

Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate

The Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate is designed for nurses who already hold a master’s degree in nursing and offers an educational pathway to specialization as a primary care provider. Upon completion of the Post-Masters Certificate, students will be eligible for Family Nurse Practitioner national certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB).

For more information regarding the Post-Masters Certificate Family Nurse Practitioner Program including application deadlines, please refer to: http://waterheaterquotes.mri4vets.com/health/family-nurse-practitioner-certificate.aspx

Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree

The Doctor of Nursing Practice program is designed for nurses who hold a master’s degree in nursing and offers an educational pathway to earn the highest clinically focused doctoral degree in nursing. Upon completion of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, students will possess forward-thinking clinical and systems leadership skills to promote the application of evidence-based practice to address the nation’s increasingly complex healthcare needs.

For more information regarding the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, please refer to: http://waterheaterquotes.mri4vets.com/health/dnp.aspx

Program Information 

入学, 进展, and graduation requirements are a coordinated effort within the 学院 Health Professions and 自然科学 graduate and doctoral programs. The combined Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate and Doctor of Nursing Practice program is 75 credits. This includes 42 credits and 900 clinical hours for the Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate and 33 credits for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Students will be dual advised by the MSN NP Program Chair and DNP Program Chair.

Specific to the Post-Masters Nurse Practitioner Certificate, three (3) courses may be accepted as transfer credit: 入库单7101: Advanced Pathophysiology， grn7103: Advanced Pharmacology和入库单7104: Advanced Health Assessment.

Specific to the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, a maximum of six (6) credits may be transferred for doctoral credit by the Wilmington University catalog.

入学 Requirements

Students must meet admission requirements for both the Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate as well as the Doctor of Nursing Practice programs.

除了, this program requires two applications, one to the Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate program and one for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Acceptance to one program does not guarantee acceptance to the other.

75 Credits, 24 Courses

Family NP Certificate Courses

入库单7101 Advanced Pathophysiology

入库单7102 Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing Practice

入库单7103 Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan

入库单7104 Advanced Health Assessment

入库单7105 Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Decision Making Across the Lifespan

入库单7121 Family Practicum I

入库单7106 Acute and Chronic Care Across the Lifespan I

入库单7122 Family Practicum II

入库单7107 Acute and Chronic Care Across the Lifespan II

入库单7108 Acute and Chronic Care Across the Lifespan III

入库单7123 Family Practicum III

入库单7124 Family Practicum IV

DNP核心课程

入库单7000 学术写作

入库单8101 Healthcare Leadership and Innovation

入库单8102 Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice

入库单8103 Epidemiology and Population Health

入库单8104 Healthcare Politics and Policy

入库单8105 Healthcare Informatics

入库单8106 Healthcare QI and Systems Thinking

入库单8107 Healthcare Economics

入库单8108 Applied Evidence-Based Practice

DNP Project Courses

入库单9001 Doctor of Nursing Practice Project I

入库单9002 Doctor of Nursing Practice Project II

入库单9003 Doctor of Nursing Practice Project III

This information applies to students who enter this degree program during the 2024-2025 Academic Year. If you entered this degree program before the Fall 2023 semester, please refer to the 学术目录 for the year you began your degree program.