Additional Admission Criteria for the Family Nurse Practitioner Option

Preference for admission will be given to students with 1) bilingual skills, specifically Spanish and 2) evidence of commitment to be employed in care of minority or under-served health care populations.

Family Nurse Practitioner Option

Courses to be taken in addition to Core Courses, see the Graduate Program Catalog. (67 total units/30 units of core courses and 37 units in clinical preparation courses)

• NURS 606 Family Theory and Health Promotion (3)
• NURS 607 Assessment and Management of Family Health Care (Lab) (3)
• NURS 616 Assessment and Management of Chronic Family Health Care Theory (4)
• NURS 617 Assessment and Management of Chronic Family Health Care Laboratory/Clinical (4)
• NURS 636 Assessment and Management of Acute Family Health Care Theory (4)
• NURS 637 Assessment and Management of Acute Family Health Care Laboratory/Clinical (4)
• NURS 646 Assessment and Management of Complex Family Health Care Theory (4)
• NURS 647 Assessment and Management of Complex Family Health Care Laboratory/Clinical (4)
• NURS 653 Advanced Practice Nursing Role Practicum Family Health Care (5: 1 lecture/4 lab)
• NURS 684 Advanced Pharcotherapeutics (2)

Post-Master’s Certificate Program

Admission Requirements:

1. Criteria as specified for admission to the Master of Science in Nursing program are met including criteria for the specific options.
2. Graduation from a nationally recognized, regionally accredited Master’s program in Nursing.
3. One year of full-time experience as a Registered Nurse in the past three years.
4. Preference for admission will be given to students with 1) bilingual skills, specifically Spanish, and 2) evidence of commitment to be employed in care of minority or under-served health care populations.
5. Applicants to the Post-Masters School Nurse Credential program must possess a Preliminary School Nurse Credential.

Course Requirements:

Family Nurse Practitioner Post-Master’s Certificate Courses (50 units)

• NURS 515 Roles in Advanced Practice Nursing (2)
• NURS 586 Advanced Health Assessment (5: 3 lecture/2 lab)
• NURS 584 Pharmacotherapeutics (3)
• NURS 603 Pathophysiological Basis of Disease for Advanced Practice Nurses (3)
• NURS 606 Family Theory and Health Promotion (3)
• NURS 607 Assessment and Management of Family Health Care Laboratory/Clinical (3)
• NURS 616 Assessment and Management of Chronic Family Health Care Theory (4)
• NURS 617 Assessment and Management of Chronic Family Health Care Laboratory/Clinical (4)
• NURS 636 Assessment and Management of Acute Family Health Care Theory (4)
• NURS 637 Assessment and Management of Acute Family Health Care Laboratory/Clinical (4)
• NURS 646 Assessment and Management of Complex Family Health Care Theory (4)
• NURS 647 Assessment and Management of Complex Family Health Care Laboratory/Clinical (4)
• NURS 653 Advanced Practice Nursing Role Practicum Family Health Care (5: 1 lecture/4 lab)
• NURS 684 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics (2)

  Note: Students may have already taken equivalent courses in pharmacotherapeutics, roles, and advanced health assessment nursing courses. Students will be individually advised regarding deficiency in other master’s level core courses such as nursing theory, research, health care policy, health care systems/finance and care of vulnerable populations.