Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration

The family nurse practitioner concentration option prepares the nurse for a leadership role in the health-care system. Clinical and theoretical content focuses on systems thinking, evidence-based practice, and translational research as related to the primary health-care needs of family members from newborn through elders, in consultation and collaboration with family practice physicians and other health-care providers. The curriculum includes 660 hours of clinical practice in the advanced practice role and 510 practicum hours for the DNP role. The curriculum prepares the student to be certified as a family nurse practitioner by the state of California and the American Nurses Certification Corporation.

ConcentrationTheoryClinicalTotal Units
UnitsHoursUnitsHours
NGFP 519Family Nurse Practitioner: Skills Lab——1.0301.0
NGRD 621Pharmacology in Advanced Practice I2.020——2.0
NGRD 622Pharmacology in Advanced Practice II3.030——3.0
NGRD 624Advanced Health Assessment4.040——4.0
NGRD 625Advanced Clinical Pathophysiology4.040——4.0
Totals13.01301.03014.0
Clinical
NGFP 510Family Nurse Practitioner: Pediatrics and Adolescent3.0302.0605.0
NGFP 511Family Nurse Practitioner I3.0302.0605.0
NGFP 512Family Nurse Practitioner II2.0304.01806.0
NGFP 513Family Nurse Practitioner III4.0404.01208.0
NGFP 514Family Nurse Practitioner IV4.0404.01208.0
NGFP 515Family Nurse Practitioner V: Practicum1.0107.02108.0
Totals17.018023.075040.0
Overall Totals30.031024.078054.0

Portfolio

Prior to graduation, students are required to submit an online professional portfolio. Documentation of 510 doctoral leadership practice hours will be included in the portfolio.

Normal time to complete the program

Four years (15 academic quarters)—based on less than full-time enrollment.