FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER SPECIALTY
Welcome from the Director
Welcome future Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) students! Thank you for your interest in our program The FNP faculty takes great pride in offering an excellent graduate FNP program, and we are excited that so many of our graduates and colleagues share this opinion. The FNP program is the largest and most popular advanced practice specialty program we offer at the School of Nursing.
The Emory FNP program prepares you to provide quality health promotion, prevention, episodic care, and chronic disease management working in mostly an outpatient and/or ambulatory care setting. Primary care management across the family continuum is at the core of this health provider role but can also include working in urgent care and other specialty outpatient clinical areas. This program offers a rigorous didactic component with wonderful opportunities for clinical rotations spent with preceptors who are located in urban and rural communities both inside and outside the Atlanta Metro area along with across Georgia. Our FNP graduates are employed throughout the nation and world in a variety of settings and make full use of their broad scope of practice across the lifespan.
Introduction
The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program prepares advanced practice nurses for the challenges of primary health care in diverse settings. The program provides students with didactic content related to the role of the FNP, including clinical courses, basic science, ethics, leadership, research, and other topics; clinical rotations focus on outpatient-based health care. Emory FNP graduates assume responsibility for the assessment and management of a broad range of health care needs of individuals and families across the life span in community settings. Graduates are eligible to take either the American Nurses Credentialing Center or the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board examinations.
Facts:
The degree earned is an MSN.
The Plan of Study requires 49 semester hours to graduate.
Complete in four (4) semesters of continuous enrollment, full-time.
The FNP course load is nine (9) credit hours or more per semester to be considered full-time.
Program delivery*: This program is online with synchronous/asynchronous delivery and mandatory onsite intensives. Intensive dates will be published in advance to facilitate working students. Intensives are onsite at the Emory University, Atlanta campus.
Full-time and part-time options available.
*Asynchronous online learning allows a student to view instructional materials each week at any time they choose. Synchronous means students are required to login and participate in class at a specific time each week. Days and times will be posted on the syllabi.
Family Nurse Practitioner MSN Program – Plan of Study (Full-Time) Fall Start Only - 4 semesters
course | credits | clinical hours | ||
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Semester 1 (Fall) | ||||
NRSG 544D | Advanced Health Assessment Across the Lifespan | 3 |
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NRSG 528D | Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan | 3 |
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NRSG 522D | Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan | 3 |
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NRSG 538D | Diagnostics and Clinical Reasoning: Family Nurse Practitioner | 3.5 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 12.5 |
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Semester 2 (Spring) | ||||
NRSG 524D | Becoming an APRN | 2 |
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NRSG 505D | Research & Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
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NRSG 550D | Family Nurse Practitioner I | 3.5 |
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NRSG 586D | Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum I | 3 | 180 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 11.5 | 180 | ||
Semester 3 (Summer) | ||||
NRSG 558D | Family Nurse Practitioner II | 4.5 |
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NRSG 587D | Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum II | 4 | 240 |
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NRSG 591D | Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety | 3 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 11.5 | 240 | ||
Semester 4 (Fall) | ||||
NRSG 684D | Innovative Leadership & Policy in Advanced Nursing Practice Role | 3 |
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NRSG 632D | Family Nurse Practitioner III | 3.5 |
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NRSG 633D | Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum III | 6 | 360 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 12.5 | 360 | ||
Program Total | 48 | 780 | ||
Family Nurse Practitioner MSN Program – Plan of Study (Part-Time) Spring Start Only – 6 Semesters
course | credits | clinical hours | ||
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Semester 1 (Fall) | ||||
NRSG 524D | Becoming an APRN | 2 |
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NRSG 522D | Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan | 3 |
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NRSG 528D | Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan | 3 |
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| Semester Credit Hours | 8 |
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Semester 2 (Summer) | ||||
NRSG 591D | Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety | 3 |
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NRSG 684D | Innovative Leadership & Policy in Advanced Nursing Practice Role | 3 |
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| Semester Credit Hours | 6 |
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Semester 3 (Fall) | ||||
NRSG 544D | Advanced Health Assessment Across the Lifespan | 3 |
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NRSG 538D | Diagnostics and Clinical Reasoning: Family Nurse Practitioner | 3.5 |
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| Semester Credit Hours | 6.5 |
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Semester 4 (Spring) | ||||
NRSG 505D | Research & Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
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NRSG 550D | Family Nurse Practitioner I | 3.5 |
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NRSG 586D | Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum I | 3 | 180 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 9.5 | 180 | ||
Semester 5 (Summer) | ||||
NRSG 558D | Family Nurse Practitioner II | 4.5 |
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NRSG 587D | Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum II | 4 | 240 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 8.5 | 240 | ||
Semester 6 (Fall) | ||||
NRSG 632D | Family Nurse Practitioner III | 3.5 |
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NRSG 633D | Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum III | 6 | 360 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 9.5 | 360 | ||
Program Total | 48 | 780 | ||
Family Nurse Practitioner MSN Program – Plan of Study (Part-Time) Fall Start Only – 7 Semesters
course | credits | clinical hours | ||
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Semester 1 (Fall) | ||||
NRSG 528D | Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan | 3 |
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NRSG 522D | Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan | 3 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 6 |
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Semester 2 (Spring) | ||||
NRSG 524D | Becoming an APRN | 2 |
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NRSG 505D | Research & Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
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| Semester Credit Hours | 5 |
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Semester 3 (Summer) | ||||
NRSG 591D | Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety | 3 |
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NRSG 684D | Innovative Leadership & Policy in Advanced Nursing Practice Role | 3 |
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| Semester Credit Hours | 6 |
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Semester 4 (Fall) | ||||
NRSG 544D | Advanced Health Assessment Across the Lifespan | 3 |
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NRSG 538D | Diagnostics and Clinical Reasoning: Family Nurse Practitioner | 3.5 |
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| Semester Credit Hours | 6.5 |
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Semester 5 (Spring) | ||||
NRSG 550D | Family Nurse Practitioner I | 3.5 |
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NRSG 586D | Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum I | 3 | 180 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 6.5 | 180 | ||
Semester 6 (Summer) | ||||
NRSG 558D | Family Nurse Practitioner II | 4.5 |
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NRSG 587D | Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum II | 4 | 240 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 8.5 | 240 | ||
Semester 7 (Fall) | ||||
NRSG 632D | Family Nurse Practitioner III | 3.5 |
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NRSG 633D | Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum III | 6 | 360 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 9.5 | 360 | ||
Program Total | 48 | 780 | ||
Family Nurse Practitioner MSN Program – Plan of Study
course | credits | clinical hours | ||
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Semester 1 (Fall) | ||||
NRSG 524 | Becoming an APRN | 2 |
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NRSG 528 | Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology | 3 |
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NRSG 544 | Advanced Health Assessment | 3 |
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NRSG 571 | Management of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Primary Care | 2 | 60 |
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NRSG 549 | Pediatric Wellness | 2 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 12 | 60 | ||
Semester 2 (Spring) | ||||
NRSG 505 | Research and Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
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NRSG 517 | Management of Acute and Chronic Illness I | 2 |
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NRSG 522 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3 |
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NRSG 545 | Advanced Pediatric Practice I | 2 |
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NRSG 570 | Family Nurse Practitioner I | 1 |
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NRSG 586 | Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum I | 3 | 180 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 14 | 180 | ||
Semester 3 (Summer) | ||||
NRSG 518 | Management of Acute and Chronic Illness II | 2 |
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NRSG 572 | Family Nurse Practitioner II | 2 |
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NRSG 587 | Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum II | 3 | 180 |
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NRSG 652 | Integrated Behavioral Health for APRNS | 2 |
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NRSG 591 | Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety | 3 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 12 | 180 | ||
Semester 4 (Fall) | ||||
NRSG 573 | Family Nurse Practitioner III | 1 |
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NRSG 588 | Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum III | 5 | 300 |
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NRSG 574 | Advanced Cardiovascular Diagnostics & Management for the APRN | 2 |
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NRSG 684 | Innovative Leadership & Policy in Advanced Nursing Practice Roles | 3 |
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Semester Credit Hours | 11 | 300 | ||
Program Total | 49 | 720 | ||