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Plans of Study

BSN-DNP Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration

Below are the suggested plans of study for full-time and part-time students of the BSN-DNP Family Nurse Practitioner concentration.

BSN-DNP FNP CONCENTRATION FULL-TIME PLAN OF STUDY

  • NSG 601 Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nurses (3 hrs)
  • NSG 685 Theoretical Approaches to Evidence-Based Practice (3 hrs)
  • NSG 686 Methodologic Approaches to Evidence-based Practice (3 hrs)
TOTAL: 9 credit hours
  • NSG 611 Family-Centered Health Care Across the Lifespan (3 hrs)
  • NSG 602 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning (3 hrs)
  • NSG 688 Health Care Systems Leadership and Quality Improvement (3 hrs)
TOTAL: 9 credit hours
  • NSG 603 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics (3 hrs)
  • NSG 680 Population Health Promotion and Clinical Epidemiology (3 hrs)
TOTAL: 6 credit hours
  • NSG 612 Advanced Family Nursing I: Adult Health (4 hrs)
  • NSG 689 Health Care Policy and Financial Management (3 hrs)
  • NSG 692 Health Care Information Systems and Technology (3 hrs)
TOTAL: 10 credit hours
  • NSG 682 Genomics for Advanced Practice Nursing (3 hrs)
  • NSG 613 Advanced Family Nursing II: Infant, Child and Adolescent Health (4 hrs)
  • NSGL 620 Advanced Family Nursing Practicum I* (3 hrs)

TOTAL: 10 credit hours

*NSGL 620 has 180 clinical hours associated with it.

  • NSGL 681 Residency in Advanced Nursing Practice* (3 hrs)
  • NSG 683 Statistics for Evidence-Based Practice (3 hrs)

TOTAL: 6 credit hours

*NSGL 681 will focus on proposal development for the DNP Project.

  • NSG 614 Advanced Family Nursing III: Women (4 hrs)
  • NSGL 621 Advanced Family Nursing Practicum II* (3 hrs)
  • NSG 699 DNP Project** (3 hrs)

TOTAL: 10 credit hours

*NSGL 621 has 180 clinical hours associated with it.
**NSG 699 DNP Project will focus on implementation of the DNP project.

  • NSG 615 Advanced Family Nursing IV: Management of Complex Health Problems Across the Lifespan (4 hrs)
  • NSGL 622 Advanced Family Nursing Practicum III* (3 hrs)
  • NSG 699 DNP Project** (3 hrs)

TOTAL: 10 credit hours

*NSGL 622 has 180 clinical hours associated with it.
**NSG 699 DNP Project will focus on evaluation of findings.

TOTAL ACADEMIC CREDITS: 70

BSN-DNP FNP CONCENTRATION PART-TIME PLAN OF STUDY

  • NSG 685 Theoretical Approaches to Evidence-Based Practice (3 hrs)
  • NSG 686 Methodologic Approaches to Evidence-based Practice (3 hrs)
TOTAL: 6 credit hours
  • NSG 682 Genomics for Advanced Practice Nursing (3 hrs)
  • NSG 688 Health Care Systems Leadership and Quality Improvement (3 hrs)
TOTAL: 6 credit hours
  • NSG 680 Population Health Promotion and Clinical Epidemiology (3 hrs)
TOTAL: 3 credit hours
  • NSG 601 Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nurses (3 hrs)
  • NSG 689 Health Care Policy and Financial Management (3 hrs)
TOTAL: 6 credit hours
  • NSG 602 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning (3 hrs)
  • NSG 611 Family-Centered Health Care Across the Lifespan (3 hrs)
TOTAL: 6 credit hours
  • NSG 603 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics (3 hrs)
TOTAL: 3 credit hours
  • NSG 612 Advanced Family Nursing I: Adult Health (4 hrs)
  • NSG 692 Health Care Information Systems and Technology (3 hrs)
TOTAL: 7 credit hours
  • NSG 613 Advanced Family Nursing II: Infant, Child and Adolescent Health (4 hrs)
  • NSGL 620 Advanced Family Nursing Practicum I* (3 hrs)

TOTAL: 7 credit hours

*NSGL 620 has 180 clinical hours associated with it.

  • NSG 683 Statistics for Evidence-Based Practice (3 hrs)
TOTAL: 3 credit hours
  • NSG 614 Advanced Family Nursing III: Women (4 hrs)
  • NSGL 621 Advanced Family Nursing Practicum II: Women* (3 hrs)

TOTAL: 7 credit hours

*NSGL 621 has 180 clinical hours associated with it.
  • NSG 615 Advanced Family Nursing IV: Management of Complex Health Problems Across the Lifespan (4 hrs)
TOTAL: 4 credit hours
  • NSGL 681 Residency in Advanced Nursing Practice* (3 hrs)

TOTAL: 3 credit hours

*NSGL 681 will focus on proposal development for the DNP Project.

  • NSG 699 DNP Project* (3 hrs)

TOTAL: 3 credit hours

*NSG 699 DNP Project will focus on implementation of the DNP project.

  • NSGL 622 Advanced Family Nursing Practicum III* (3 hrs)
  • NSG 699 DNP Project** (3 hrs)

TOTAL: 6 credit hours

*NSGL 622 has 180 clinical hours associated with it.
**NSG 699 DNP Project will focus on evaluation of findings.

TOTAL ACADEMIC CREDITS: 36 

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Contact the DNP FNP Program

FNP Program Concentration Lead: Tami Link, DNP, FNP-C

Phone: (910) 962-3200

linkt@uncw.edu

dnp@uncw.edu 

Annette Richards
Administrative Assistant
910.962.7851
richardsa@uncw.edu