Family Nurse Practitioner (MS)
Overview
Nurse practitioners provide primary care across the life span through direct nursing care, consultation, collaboration, coordination, and referral. These health care services are provided in a variety of settings including neighborhood centers, private practices, school-based clinics, and in the home.
The Family Nurse Practitioner Program is a specialty track focusing on the primary health care of individuals and families. The program is offered in a hybrid format with classes delivered online, coupled with live sessions within the clinical practicum courses. Live sessions are offered in a flexible format to accommodate student needs. Students are required to be on campus one weekend per clinical semester, and to attend the two Intensive workshops.
Upon completion of the program, graduates are eligible to sit for all national certification exams in their area of practice.
The Northeastern University Nurse Practitioner Programs prepare nurses for professional licensure as Nurse Practitioners within a specialty population focus. The program in which you are enrolled prepares you to practice in any state, based on the information posted on each state’s nursing licensure website as of 2021. Please refer to the complete list of state licensure requirements here: professional licensure disclosures on the University’s Consumer Information page. Please contact your program director with any questions about professional licensure.
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Tuition and Fees
Online courses are offered at a discounted rate. Students admitted to an online program will take all courses online at the discounted rate. Students admitted to the Boston campus program may also have access to the online discounted rate for core courses at the discretion of the program director and when room is available in the online section.
Admissions Requirements
Applicants to the Family Nurse Practitioner program must have a current US Nursing license for admission to the program.
GRE scores are not required. To apply, applicants must also have the following:
- Minimum GPA of 3.0, with grades of ‘B’ or better, is required in all nursing courses
- Successful completion of a statistics course that includes probability theory and hypothesis testing, and taken within ten years of entering the program
- Three letters of recommendation (academic and professional)
- Curriculum vita
- Baccalaureate degree in nursing from an accredited USA program (a baccalaureate degree in another field will be considered at the discretion of the Program Director)
- Current RN licensure
- At least 1 year of active full-time nursing experience. Attention will be given to former nursing positions that required a high level of independence. Experience in care of pediatric as well as adult populations is encouraged.
- Letter of intent to study
- Official transcript from a baccalaureate program if applicable
Please note that all letters of recommendations and Official transcripts must be submitted via NursingCAS.
Curriculum
The primary goal of the Family Nurse Practitioner Hybrid Program is to educate family nurse practitioners who are capable of providing evidence-based, culturally and linguistically competent, ethical primary health care to individuals and families in a variety of health care settings.
Graduates will become nurse clinicians, educators, scholars, researchers, and life-long learners.
Applicants to the Family Nurse Practitioner Program have the option of choosing either a full-time or part-time program of study.
The Family Nurse Practitioner Hybrid program will prepare family nurse practitioners who will:
- Provide evidenced based health care to individuals, families, and communities across diverse cultural and practice settings
- Effectively utilize information technologies in the provision of care to individuals, families, and communities
- Actively collaborate and communicate with fellow clinicians and institutions to ensure coordination of care to individuals, families, and communities
- Provide leadership across diverse cultural and practice settings in the provision of primary health care to individuals, families, and communities
Sample Schedule
Full-time
Year 1
Fall Semester
- NRSG 5117 Advanced Pharmacology
- NRSG 5121 Epidemiology and population Health
- NRSG 5126 Advanced Pathophysiology
- NRSG 6115 Health Assessment
11 Credits
Spring Semester
- NRSG 6222 Pharmacology of Adults and Older Adults
- NRSG 6390 Family Care of the Adult/Older Adult
- NRSG 6391 Family Care of the Adult/Older Adult Practicum
10 Credits / 240 Clinical Hours
Summer Semester
- NRSG 5118 Health Care System and professional Role Development
- NRSG 7105 Translating Research into Practice
- NRSG 6392 Family Theory
8 Credits
Year 2
Fall Semester
- NRSG 6262 Pediatric Pharmacology
- NRSG 6393 Family Care of Pediatric and Adolescents
- NRSG 6394 Family care of Pediatric and Adolescents Practicum
10 Credits / 240 Clinical Hours
Spring Semester
- NRSG 7110 Evidenced Based Research Application
- NRSG 6395 Health Care of Women in Family Practice
- NRSG 6396 Family Practice Comprehensive Practicum
8 Credits / 240 Clinical Hours
Total Credits Required 47
Total Clinical Hours 720
Part-time
Year 1
Fall Semester
- NRSG 5117 Advanced Pharmacology
- NRSG 5126 Advanced Pathophysiology
5 Credits
Spring Semester
- NRSG 7105 Translating Research into Practice
- NRSG 6222 Pharmacology of Adults and Older Adults
5 Credits 240 Clinical Hours
Summer Semester
- NRSG 5118 Health Care System and professional Role Development
- NRSG 7110 Evidenced Based Research Application
5 Credits
Year 2
Fall Semester
- NRSG 5121 Epidemiology and population Health
- NRSG 6115 Health Assessment
6 Credits
Spring Semester
- NRSG 6390 Family Care of the Adult/Older Adult
- NRSG 6391 Family Care of the Adult/Older Adult Practicum
8 Credits
240 Clinical Hours
Summer Semester
- NRSG 6392 Family Theory (2 credits)
2 Credits
Year 3
Fall Semester
- NRSG 6262 Pediatric Pharmacology
- NRSG 6393 Family Care of Pediatric and Adolescents
- NRSG 6394 Family care of Pediatric and Adolescents
10 Credits / 240 Clinical Hours
Spring Semester
- NRSG 6395 Health Care of Women in Family Practice
- NRSG 6396 Family Practice Comprehensive Practicum
6 Credits / 240 Clinical Hours
Total Credits Required 47
Total Clinical Hours 720
Experiential Learning and Clinical Placement
Clinical practicum is available in a variety of urban and rural settings. This may include, but is not limited to:
- Hospitals
- Urgent care clinics
- Primary care offices
- Community health centers
Preceptorship is one to one. Preceptors may be Advanced Nurse Practitioners or Physicians. The student will manage a caseload with increasing complexity and independence as the program progresses.
Reliable transportation is necessary to access clinical practicum locations. This is the responsibility of the student.
Online Program Experiential Learning and Clinical Placements
Northeastern will partner with students to identify clinical placements within 100 miles of their home. The online students will be responsible for identifying and proposing a clinical preceptor for review and approval by their program director.
We’ll work to ensure clinical affiliations are in place but require 6 months to expedite contracts.
Students will have two 2-3 day clinical intensives over weekends.
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