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The Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate is designed for nurses who already hold a master’s degree in nursing and offers an educational pathway to specialization as a primary care provider. Upon completion of the Post-Masters Certificate, students will be eligible for Family Nurse Practitioner national certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB).
For more information regarding the Post-Masters Certificate Family Nurse Practitioner Program including application deadlines, please refer to: https://www.wilmu.edu/health/family-nurse-practitioner-certificate.aspx
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program is designed for nurses who hold a master’s degree in nursing and offers an educational pathway to earn the highest clinically focused doctoral degree in nursing. Upon completion of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, students will possess forward-thinking clinical and systems leadership skills to promote the application of evidence-based practice to address the nation’s increasingly complex healthcare needs.
For more information regarding the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, please refer to: https://www.wilmu.edu/health/dnp.aspx
Admission, progression, and graduation requirements are a coordinated effort within the College of Health Professions and Natural Sciences graduate and doctoral programs. The combined Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate and Doctor of Nursing Practice program is 75 credits. This includes 42 credits and 900 clinical hours for the Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate and 33 credits for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Students will be dual advised by the MSN NP Program Chair and DNP Program Chair.
Specific to the Post-Masters Nurse Practitioner Certificate, three (3) courses may be accepted as transfer credit: GRN 7101: Advanced Pathophysiology, GRN 7103: Advanced Pharmacology, and GRN 7104: Advanced Health Assessment.
Specific to the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, a maximum of six (6) credits may be transferred for doctoral credit by the Wilmington University catalog.
Students must meet admission requirements for both the Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate as well as the Doctor of Nursing Practice programs.
In addition, this program requires two applications, one to the Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate program and one for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Acceptance to one program does not guarantee acceptance to the other.
GRN 7101 Advanced Pathophysiology
GRN 7102 Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing Practice
GRN 7103 Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan
GRN 7104 Advanced Health Assessment
GRN 7105 Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Decision Making Across the Lifespan
GRN 7121 Family Practicum I
GRN 7106 Acute and Chronic Care Across the Lifespan I
GRN 7122 Family Practicum II
GRN 7107 Acute and Chronic Care Across the Lifespan II
GRN 7108 Acute and Chronic Care Across the Lifespan III
GRN 7123 Family Practicum III
GRN 7124 Family Practicum IV
GRN 7000 Scholarly Writing
GRN 8101 Healthcare Leadership and Innovation
GRN 8102 Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice
GRN 8103 Epidemiology and Population Health
GRN 8104 Healthcare Politics and Policy
GRN 8105 Healthcare Informatics
GRN 8106 Healthcare QI and Systems Thinking
GRN 8107 Healthcare Economics
GRN 8108 Applied Evidence-Based Practice
GRN 9001 Doctor of Nursing Practice Project I
GRN 9002 Doctor of Nursing Practice Project II
GRN 9003 Doctor of Nursing Practice Project III
This information applies to students who enter this degree program during the 2024-2025 Academic Year. If you entered this degree program before the Fall 2023 semester, please refer to the academic catalog for the year you began your degree program.
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