Program Description
The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) DNP specialty prepares nurses to provide healthcare to individuals across the life spectrum, from newborn to geriatric.
Utilizing a holistic approach, students will be prepared to focus on health promotion while managing episodic and chronic conditions. Students will learn how to complete a history and physical, develop differential diagnoses, and create individualized evidence-based treatment plans.
The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program is a hybrid program utilizing a mixture of online didactic coursework, on-campus intensives, and on-ground practicum and clinical placements. Applicants may enter the program as a post-BSN student or a post-master’s (in nursing) student. The program has both part-time and full-time options.
Graduates of the FNP specialty are prepared as Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) and are eligible for Family Nurse Practitioner certification. FNPs work primarily in outpatient settings such as primary care, internal medicine, community health centers, urgent or convenient care, outpatient specialties, long-term care settings, and mobile/in-home care.
NOTE: Students in the FNP specialty participating in clinical rotations in Arizona are eligible for $25,000 in support as part of the ANEW grant (19 students/year). Ask your advisor for more information!
DNP Program Outcomes
- Generate and disseminate nursing practice knowledge to stimulate research and improve clinical outcomes
- Improve health outcomes through scientifically based advanced practice within a specialty
- Engage in and lead collaborative practice teams
- Influence clinical practice transformation and policy initiatives
DNP Program Accreditation
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program at The University of Arizona College of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
Notice
The University of Arizona College of Nursing is not regulated in Texas under Chapter 132 of the Texas Education Code. To file a complaint or to contact the agencies that regulate the University of Arizona College of Nursing, please find:
