The Northeastern University Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Anesthetist Programs prepare nurses for professional licensure as Nurse Practitioners within a population focus or as Nurse Anesthetists. 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.
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 the majority of the classes delivered online, coupled with live presentation sessions. Students are required to be on campus twice per semester. On campus expectations may vary in the summer sessions.
Upon completion of the program, graduates are eligible to sit for all national certification exams in their area of practice.
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:
Please note that all letters of recommendations and Official transcripts must be submitted via NursingCAS.
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:
11 Credits
10 Credits / 240 Clinical Hours
8 Credits
10 Credits / 240 Clinical Hours
8 Credits / 240 Clinical Hours
Total Credits Required 47
Total Clinical Hours 720
5 Credits
5 Credits 240 Clinical Hours
5 Credits
6 Credits
8 Credits
240 Clinical Hours
2 Credits
10 Credits / 240 Clinical Hours
6 Credits / 240 Clinical Hours
Total Credits Required 47
Total Clinical Hours 720
Clinical practicum is available in a variety of urban and rural settings. This may include, but is not limited to:
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.
To the Family Nurse Practitioner Program