Master of Science in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner Track

1. 42 credit hours as outlined below.
2. A minimum of 24 hours of graduate credits earned in residence at Bellarmine.
3. Maintenance of a 3.0 GPA out of 4.0 overall grade point average throughout the program.
4. For students in the FNP track, grades of B- or higher are required in NURS 611, 629, 650, 659, and 660.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Nursing Core Courses

• NURS 600 Health Policy 2cr

• NURS 604 Transition to Advanced Practice 3cr

• NURS 605 Clinical Prevention and Population Health 2cr

• NURS 620 Quality and Safety in Healthcare 2cr

• NURS 621 Informatics and Clinical Decision Making 3cr

• NURS 624 Introduction to Knowledge Translation: Evidence to Practice 3cr

• NURS 657 NP Intensive 1cr

Specialty Courses

• NURS 611 Advanced Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning 3cr

• NURS 629 Pathophysiologic Concepts for Clinical Decision Making 3cr

• NURS 650 Pharmacotherapeutics in Advanced Practice 3cr

• NURS 659 Primary Care I 6.5cr

• NURS 660 Primary Care II 6.5cr

• NURS 663 Comprehensive Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum 4cr

TOTAL CREDITS 42