Family Nurse Practitioner M.S.
Family Nurse Practitioners assess patients, order and interpret diagnostic tests, establish diagnoses and initiate and manage treatment plans, including prescribing medications.
At UND, students spend clinical time in both primary and specialty care settings learning to provide high quality acute, chronic, and preventive care to patients across the lifespan. The FNP master's degree prepares students for advanced practice in family primary care nursing.
Current Admission & Degree Requirements
F.N.P. Outcomes & Objectives
Graduates earn a Master of Science degree and are eligible to sit for the Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam administered by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) or the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
Master’s Degree Program Outcomes
Upon completion, you will be able to:
- Integrate knowledge from science, humanities, theory and research into evidence-based advanced nursing practice.
- Utilize knowledge of organizational and systems leadership, quality improvement, health care technologies, and policy to ensure high quality patient care.
- Participate as members and leaders of interprofessional health care teams.
- Apply advanced nursing skills in order to plan, manage and coordinate culturally appropriate health care for patient populations.
F.N.P. Track Objectives
Building upon the Master’s Degree Program Outcomes, upon completion you will be able to:
- Integrate theories, research, and experiential knowledge into advanced family nursing practice.
- Demonstrate advanced practice nursing skills in the provision of health care for patients throughout the lifespan.
- Manage the patient population within a complex healthcare delivery system.
- Contribute to the development of family advanced practice nursing through evidence-based practice, leadership, policy and education.
- Integrate relationships between social, cultural, political and economic issues and health care delivery for patients throughout the lifespan.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members in order to provide high quality health care to patients across the lifespan.