The Post-Master’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certificate option is designed for individuals who have already earned a master’s degree in Nursing, but who desire additional preparation for a FNP Certification. Students must be formally admitted to the program to enroll and must meet identical academic standards as students enrolled in the master’s program. In order to facilitate this certificate of study, a variety of teaching and communications methods are used. Graduates from this program are eligible to sit for the FNP national certification examination.
Students admitted to the Post-Master's FNP certificate must have already completed Advanced Health Assessment, Advanced Pharmacology, and Advanced Pathophysiology at UAH or another institution within the last 2 years or take the courses at UAH while enrolled in courses leading to an FNP certificate.
Program prerequisites or co-requisites:
Code | Title | Semester Hours |
---|---|---|
NUR 605 | ADVANCED HLTH ASSESSMENT | 3 |
or transfer equivalent taken within last 2 years | ||
NUR 606 | ADV PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | 3 |
or transfer equivalent taken within last 2 years | ||
NUR 607 | PHARMACOLOGY IN ADV PRAC | 3 |
or transfer equivalent taken within last 2 years |
The program of study is as follows:
Code | Title | Semester Hours |
---|---|---|
NUR 610 | FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER I (Post Master's) | 6 |
NUR 611 | FAM NURS PRACTITIONER II (Post Master's) | 6 |
NUR 612 | FAMILY NUR PRACTITIONER III (Post Master's) | 6 |
NUR 613 | FAM NURS PRACTITIONER IV (Post Master's) | 6 |
Total Semester Hours | 24 |