MSN-Family Nurse Practitioner
Program Overview
The Master of Science in Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner track prepares registered nurses to practice as primary care providers, with instruction delivered primarily online and a small number of required campus visits.
- Prepares you to practice as a primary care provider for a wide range of patients — health promotion, risk reduction, disease prevention and illness management
- 48 credit hours delivered primarily online — six semesters full-time or eight part-time
- A limited number of class activities take place in Bryan-College Station; on-campus clinical hours meet the AACN clinical objectives required for any MSN degree
- NURS 653 Advanced Health Assessment requires 45 clinical hours, completed in two separate on-campus visits
- Expect one to two additional campus visits during diagnostics and procedures and the four primary care courses
- Preceptorships may be completed in your own community as long as the placement aligns with course objectives; nurse practitioners are preferred, though physicians or physician assistants may serve in some courses
- The program coordinator makes the final decision on preceptor and placement; if you don't have one the college places you, which may involve travel and lodging at your own expense, and more preceptor detail is provided at orientation
- Applicants must reside in Texas and hold an active, unencumbered RN license; relocating out of state may prevent continuation because of other states' rules on preceptor use
- Prepares graduates to sit for ANCC and/or AANP certification exams as a family nurse practitioner