DNP Family Nurse Practitioner
Expand your scope of practice. Elevate your nursing career.
Empower patients to maintain their health. Work with diverse communities and focus on health promotion and disease prevention. Prepare for a role as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) through our rigorous and comprehensive Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at 香蜜影视. Our program empowers Registered Nurses to expand their practice and excel in the clinical management of patients across the lifespan, within the context of their families and environment.
- Time to Completion
- 24-36 months
- Format
- Hybrid
- Degree(s)
- Doctor of Nursing Practice
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Why Earn Your Family Nurse Practitioner DNP at Mary Baldwin?
Our Family Nurse Practitioner program offers a compact and comprehensive curriculum, enabling BSN-prepared nurses to earn a doctoral degree with a Family Nurse Practitioner concentration. With a focus on autonomy in family practice and interprofessional leadership, our program equips graduates for the highest level of nursing practice.
As a Family Nurse Practitioner student, you’ll acquire essential skills and knowledge to excel in your role, including:
- Comprehensive health history assessment
- Physical examination techniques
- Diagnosis and treatment of common acute and chronic conditions
- Interpretation of laboratory results and diagnostic procedures
- Prescription and management of medications and therapies
- Supportive counseling, patient and family education
- Collaborative care coordination within a family context
Part of the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences, this degree program is built on the strength of a dynamic, interprofessional learning community. You鈥檒l complete your theory-based classes online and participate in labs and simulations on-campus or at partner facilities.
Benefits of earning your DNP at Mary Baldwin include:
- Flexible format
- Convenient schedule
- Learn with other working nurses
Family nurse practitioners provide a full range of primary, acute, chronic, and specialty care to patients of all ages, as well as health promotion services. FNPs practice in a variety of healthcare settings, including community health centers, private practice, healthcare systems, and universities. Especially in rural and underserved areas, FNPs often serve as the main provider of primary care.
Virtual Information Sessions
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Curriculum and Courses
A doctorate-level nursing program builds on existing clinical skills with a curriculum that focuses on patient outcomes, evidence-based care, and healthcare policy. A DNP not only prepares you to provide primary care, but is also a great path toward leadership, research, and educator positions. The doctor of nursing practice (DNP) is the highest academic credential in the nursing field and prepares you for certification as an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN).
The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program is divided up over the course of 8 semesters and 74 credits.
Meaningful Career Opportunities
In addition to providing primary and specialized care, a doctor of nursing practice can lead to leadership positions within healthcare organizations such as:
- Chief nursing officer
- Director of nursing
- Nursing operations manager
- Program director
- Clinical nurse leader
Accreditation Information
This program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education ().
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Cost & Financial Aid
Let鈥檚 look at the cost of a DNP at 香蜜影视, and some of the ways we work with you to make your education affordable for you and your family.
The Goals of the School of Nursing Are:
- Integrate nursing science and theory, knowledge from other healthcare disciplines, and nursing research to develop innovative practice approaches that improve health and reduce health disparities for individuals and populations.
- Utilize leadership skills and interprofessional collaborations/partnerships to influence health policy, advocate for social justice, and promote ethical, equitable, safe, and quality health care for individuals and diverse populations.
- Implement ethical, cost effective, and evidence-based changes within complex care systems that produce improved health outcomes and advance the discipline of nursing.
- Engage in the scholarship of nursing, utilize communication and technological systems, and practice ongoing professional development to improve health outcomes and build strong, informed nurse leaders.
- Provide leadership at the highest level to design, direct, and evaluate innovative, evidence-based approaches to care delivery that achieve safe, quality, culturally competent person-centered care.
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