Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate

Admission Requirements

• A master’s degree in nursing from an accredited program
• A current non-restricted license to practice as a registered nurse (RN) in North Carolina or an NCSBN compact state. Individual advisement will be necessary for licensure regulations for online out-of-state students.
• A personal statement describing the applicant’s interest in graduate study, career goals, and the certificate’s relationship to those goals.
• Three professional references with one reference from an individual who is knowledgeable of the applicant’s nursing practice
• One year clinical experience as an RN
• A personal interview with a member of the graduate faculty

Note:

Applicants for the post-master’s certificate options in family nurse practitioner must have had graduate level courses in pathophysiology, health assessment and pharmacology within the past five years or approval by the concentration director; otherwise, students will be required to take these courses as part of the post-master’s certificate requirement.

Family Nurse Practitioner - 15-38 s.h.:

• NURS 6616 - Advanced Practice Nursing with Families: Childbearing Clients
• NURS 6617 - Advanced Practice Nursing with Families: Primary Care of Infants, Children, and Adolescents
• NURS 6619 - Advanced Practice Nursing Practicum: Primary Care of Childbearing and Childrearing Families
• NURS 6620 - Advanced Practice Nursing Practicum: Synthesis in Primary Care of Families