Track Description

The BSN to FNP/DNP track provides a seamless transition from the baccalaureate to the doctoral level. It includes 70 credit hours and 1,080 clinical hours.

Admission to the BSN to FNP/DNP track is during the fall semester. All courses are fully online except those denoted as hybrid. Hybrid courses will require students to travel to campus no more than two times per semester.

Please note there is no opt-out to take national certification boards before graduation. Upon graduation from the program, DNP Family Nurse Practitioner students are eligible to sit for the AANP and/or ANCC certification exams.

Curriculum

The BSN to FNP/DNP plan of study for full-time students can be completed in 3 calendar years. Students may develop a part-time plan of study with input from their faculty adviser.

Year 1

Fall

  • APRN 507 Patient Education and Advocacy (2)
  • APRN 602 Advanced Pharmacology (3)
  • DNP 800 Doctoral Knowledge Development (3)

Spring

  • APRN 502 Biostatistics (3)
  • APRN 603 Advanced Physical Assessment and Health Promotion (4) (45 lab hours) (hybrid)

Summer

  • APRN 601 Advanced Pathophysiology (3)
  • DNP 801 Doctoral Research and Epidemiological Evidence-based Practice (3)

Year 2

Fall

  • APRN 701 Primary Care of Adults (6) (180 clinical hours) (hybrid)
  • DNP 802 Doctoral Health Policy, Finance and Leadership (3)

Spring

  • APRN 702 Primary Care of Infants, Children and Adolescents (5) (120 clinical hours) (hybrid)
  • APRN 703 Primary Care of Women (3) (60 clinical hours) (hybrid)
  • DNP 805 Project Development (3)

Summer

  • APRN 704 Primary Care of Geriatric Patients (5) (180 clinical hours) (hybrid)
  • DNP 804 IRB (1)

Year 3

Fall

  • DNP 803 The Role of Technology and Interprofessional Collaboration (2)
  • DNP 810 BSN-FNP/DNP Residency I (4) (180 clinical hours) (hybrid)

Spring

  • DNP 807 Capstone I (3)
  • DNP 811 BSN-FNP/DNP Residency II (5) (240 clinical hours) (hybrid)

Summer

  • DNP 806 Scholarly Writing and Grant Development (3)
  • DNP 808 Capstone II (3)
  • DNP 812 BSN-FNP/DNP Residency III (3) (120 clinical hours)