Nursing: Post Master’s Certificate, Family Nurse Practitioner - 22-31 units

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The Post Master’s Certificate, FNP program provides interested master’s-prepared nurses with the opportunity to take FNP specialty courses needed to qualify for APRN licensure and sit for the credential exam. Students in this program who did not take Advanced Health Assessment, Advanced Pathophysiology, and/or Advanced Pharmacology as part of their initial master’s degree program will be required to take these courses before taking FNP specialty courses.

Prerequisite Courses - 0-9 units

If NRS 500, NRS 502, and NRS 504 were not previously completed, these courses must be taken at CSU Channel Islands to earn the Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate. This could amount to an additional 3-9 units that will need to be completed.

NRS 500 - Advanced Health Assessment and Promotion Units: 3
NRS 502 - Advanced Pathophysiology Units: 3
NRS 504 - Advanced Pharmacology Units: 3

Required Courses - 22 units

NRS 520 - Primary Care Across the Lifespan I Units: 3
NRS 521 - Primary Care Across the Lifespan I Practicum Units: 4
NRS 523 - Primary Care Across the Lifespan II Practicum Units: 4
NRS 524 - Primary Care Across the Lifespan II Units: 3
NRS 525 - Laboratory and Clinical Procedures for Advanced Practice Units: 1
NRS 526 - Primary Care Across the Lifespan III Units: 3
NRS 527 - Primary Care Across the Lifespan III Practicum Units: 4