The DNP - Family Nurse Practitioner curriculum focuses on the knowledge and skills required to educate advanced practice nurses to provide primary health care to clients and families across the lifespan. Upon completion, graduates are eligible to sit for national certification examinations and to apply for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license.
FNPs provide comprehensive health promotion services to ambulatory clients; evaluate presenting problems at the client's initial contact with the primary care system; and continuing care to clients with acute and stable chronic illnesses. In addition to clinical practice, other themes emphasized throughout the graduate coursework include: an epidemiological approach to clinical problems; family and community systems; appropriate use of technology; cost effectiveness; collaboration; consultation and the referral process; theoretical frameworks; and the research base for primary care practice.
Clinical practice sites are generally located in the Kansas City metropolitan area, but may extend across the state of Kansas and other communities where students are located. A variety of settings are utilized: family practices; student health services; occupational health clinics; home health services; rural clinics; and child, adolescent, adult and geriatric sites. Please review the preceptor process for more information.
The FNP curriculum requires 75 credit hours of coursework. The majority of required courses are available online, although the entire program is not fully available in a distance education format. Attendance on campus at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City is required for the following courses: NRSG 810, NRSG 815, NRSG 817.Summary of Course Requirements
| Common Core | Course |
Credit Hrs. |
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NRSG 748 |
Theories for Practice and Research: Individual, Family, Community |
3 |
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NRSG 754 |
Health Care Research |
3 |
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NRSG 755 |
Health Care Professionalism: Issues and Roles |
3 |
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Advanced Practice Core |
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NRSG 806 |
Advanced Physiology |
4 |
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NRSG 731 |
Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics |
1 |
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NRSG 809 |
Health Promotion |
3 |
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NRSG 810 |
Advanced Health Assessment |
5 |
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NRSG 812 |
Advanced Pathophysiology |
3 |
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NRSG 813 |
Applied Drug Therapy |
3 |
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Primary Care Specialty Core |
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NRSG 814/815 |
Primary Care 1: Management of Common Health Problems Throughout the Life Span |
3 & 2 |
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NRSG 816/817 |
Primary Care II: Management of Complex Health Problems Throughout the Life Span |
3 & 4 |
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NRSG 818 |
Primary Care III: Preceptorship |
3 |
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DNP Core |
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NRSG 808 |
Social Context for Health care Policy |
2 |
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NRSG 804 |
Interpreting Research for Applied Science |
3 |
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NRSG 941 |
Preparing the Doctoral Leader |
3 |
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PRVM 800 |
Principles of Epidemiology |
3 |
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Capstone |
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NRSG 980 |
Capstone Project for DNP |
6 |
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DNP Specialty Area: Family Nurse Practitioner |
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Student selects 15 credits of DNP specialty courses, in nursing or other related disciplines |
15 total |
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Total Credits Required for DNP degree |
75 |
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Sample Plans of Study: Full time ------ Or ------ Part time
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