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Our Family Nurse Practitioner program is designed for working nurses who want to further their education and expand their credentials without sacrificing hands-on experience through clinical practice.
Our Family Nurse Practitioner program is designed for working nurses who want to further their education and expand their credentials without sacrificing hands-on experience through clinical practice.
The Family Nurse Practitioner program prepares you to diagnose and manage common illnesses in primary care for patients of all ages and to assume the responsibility inherent in prescribing medications. After graduation, you’ll be eligible to sit for one of the national family nurse practitioner certification exams.
This flexible program allows students to complete almost all of their coursework online outside of three one-week immersions that must be completed on campus.
This track can be completed either part-time or full-time and enables students to expand their current roles as leaders in a multitude of settings and specialties.
Within two years of completing your MSN, you have the option to seamlessly transition into the Doctor of Nursing Practice program without losing credits or duplicating coursework.
Graduates of the MSN program are prepared for higher level professional practice and leadership roles in a variety of healthcare settings, as well as advanced study at the doctoral level.
Specifically, graduates will be able to:
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, the Master of Science in Nursing program and the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Quinnipiac University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, D.C. 20001, 202-887-6791.
Many of the nursing programs within Quinnipiac University’s School of Nursing also are endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation. Graduates of these programs are eligible to take the appropriate national exam to become board-certified holistic nurses at the basic or advanced level of nursing:
Bachelor’s degree (HNB-BC)
Nurse practitioner graduate degree (APHN-BC or AHN-BC)
Our graduate admissions representatives are here to answer any questions you may have and help you navigate the application process.