Family Nurse Practitioner Curriculum
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) curriculum consists of the DNP core coursework (information systems and patient care technology, epidemiology, analytical methods, translating research into practice, and health policy), a DNP Scholarly Project, the Family Nurse Practitioner specialty coursework, and the clinical specialty core. The Family Nurse Practitioner core coursework focuses on client-centered clinical practice and prepares nurses to respond to the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s health care consumers, to manage direct care based on advanced assessment and diagnostic reasoning, to incorporate health promotion and disease prevention interventions into health care delivery, and to recognize their potential for professional growth, responsibility and autonomy.
Total semester credit hours: 80
Class schedule: For the most part, classes are held on one evening and one full day each week. Class schedule changes every term, your classes may fall on a different day for other terms. There may be a few daytime courses in the summer and January terms.
Summer 2024 3 credits
GNUR 701 Foundations of Scholarly Writing & Communication (2)
GNUR 702 Advanced Practice Roles & Collaboration (1)
Fall 2024 10 credits
GNUR 703 Theoretical Foundations & Evidence-based Practice (3)
GNUR 710 Advanced Patho (3)
GNUR 711 Advanced Pharm (3)
GNUR 712 Advanced Pharm Discussion (1)
January 2025 2 credits
GNUR 704 Pop Health, Policy, & Politics (2)
Study Away option (Mexico/DC/Oly/Tacoma)
Spring 2025 10 credits
GNUR 705 Information Systems & Patient Care Technology (2)
GNUR 713 Physical Assessment (3)
GNUR 714 Advanced Practice Clinical Decision Making (2)
GNUR 720 Primary Care Procedures (3)
Summer 2025 8 credits
GNUR 706 Biostats, Analytical Methods, & Epidemiology (3)
GNUR 721 FNP1 Didactic (2)
GNUR 731 FNP1 Seminar/Clinical (3) (120 hours)
Fall 2025 8 credits
GNUR 707 Quality Improvement & Research Methods (3)
GNUR 722 FNP2 Didactic (2)
GNUR 732 FNP2 Seminar/Clinical Hours (3) (120 hours)
January 2026 3 credits
GNUR 708 Leadership & Resource Management (3)
Spring 2026 9 credits
GNUR 795 Project Proposal (1)
GNUR 796 Project Seminar (2)
GNUR 798 Project hours (1) (60 hours)
GNUR 723 FNP3 Didactic (2)
GNUR 733 FNP3 Seminar/Clinical Hours (3) (120 hours)
Summer 2026 9 credits
GNUR 797 DNP Project Seminar (1)
GNUR 798 DNP Project hours (2) (120 hours)
GNUR 724 FNP4 Didactic (1)
GNUR 734 FNP4 Seminar/Clinical Hours (3) (120 hours)
GNUR 715 Psych for Primary Care (2)
Fall 2026 7 (9) credits
GNUR 797 DNP Project Seminar (1)
GNUR 798 DNP Project hours (2) (120 hours)
GNUR 735 FNP5 Seminar/Clinical Hours (4) (120 hours)
GNUR 717 Management of Substance Abuse and Addiction (elective) (2)
January 2027 2 credits
GNUR 797 DNP Project Seminar (1)
GNUR 798 DNP Project hours (1) (60 hours)
Study Away option (Mexico/DC/Oly/Tacoma)
Spring 2027 9 credits
GNUR 799 Final DNP Project Seminar (2)
GNUR 798 DNP Hours (1) (60 hours)
GNUR 736 FNP Capstone Seminar/Clinical Hours (6) (240 hours)