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Overview
What do Family Nurse Practitioners do?
Family Nurse Practioners:
- Provide a wide range of preventative and acute care to patients;
- Take health histories and provide complete physical examinations;
- Diagnose and treat many common acute and chronic health problems;
- Interpret laboratory results and X-rays;
- Prescribe and manage medications and other therapies;
- Provide health teaching and supportive counseling with an emphasis on prevention of illness and health maintenance; and
- Refer patients to other health professionals as needed.
Nursing – Family Nurse Practitioner students at Bellarmine University will complete selected clinical practica as part of this curriculum. Upon successful completion of the FNP track requirements graduates are eligible to apply for certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Health Policy
- Transition to Advanced Practice
- Clinical Prevention and Population Health
- Healthcare Professions Education Practicum
- Healthcare Administration
- Teaching and Learning in Health Professions Education
- Advanced Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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More details
- Applications completed after February 15 will be considered on a space available basis.
Language
English
IELTS 7
TOEFL® IBT 83
Credits
43 SCH
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Nursing Health Sciences View 743 other Masters in Health Sciences in United StatesAcademic requirements
GPA 3
English requirements
IELTS 7
TOEFL® IBT 83
Other requirements
General requirements
- BSN from a CCNE or ACEN accredited nursing program
- Minimum GPA of 3.0 is required
- If any transcript(s) or undergraduate degree(s) is from an international institution, you must provide an official copy of a third-party course by course credential evaluation to Nursing CAS.
- Two professional references.
- Goal statement: The goal statement is your opportunity to tell us (as specifically as you can at this time) about your career plans after you finish your master’s degree.
- Resume describing relevant work, professional, and volunteer experiences
- Active, unrestricted license to practice nursing in Kentucky and/or compact states. We will verify your license via the Kentucky Board of Nursing.
- An interview with graduate faculty members. Please note: Because enrollment is limited in the FNP track, meeting the minimum requirements may not assure admission to that track.
Tuition Fee
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International
17092 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 795 USD per credit during 24 months. -
National
17092 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 795 USD per credit during 24 months.
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.
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