Family Nurse Practitioner

Program Overview   

The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) is awarded to successful graduates of the Family Nurse Practitioner program in the concentration of Family Health.  While pursuing this Nursing Master’s Degree, students can learn important skills in the areas of health promotion, risk detection, illness prevention, and management of acute and chronic illnesses. If you’re interested in pursuing your Master’s Degree in Nursing, it’s time to discover how KSU can help you achieve your goals.  
 
Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs) are taught to practice independently or in collaboration with other health professionals to provide continuity of health care and to maximize the effectiveness of community and health care system services.  This Nursing Master’s Degree program can help students learn clinical judgment skills and primary care skills through faculty mentorship and clinical preceptors in a variety of ambulatory care settings and specialty clinics.  Family Nurse Practitioners are employed in primary care offices including family practice, internal medicine, clinics, managed care offices, ERs, free clinics, long-term care facilities, academic settings, and occupational health settings.   Family Nurse Practitioners are skilled clinicians who serve as healthcare researchers, interdisciplinary consultants and patient advocates.  

Admission requirements include a minimum of two years clinical experience as a Registered Nurse preferably with exposure to a variety of ages and patient populations.  Applicants to the Nursing Master’s Degree program must arrange for an interview prior to being approved for the FNP program. Interviews will take place early spring for fall semester and late summer to early fall for spring semester. Completed admission application deadlines are as follows:  December 15, 2011 for Fall Semester; Spring 2012 admission is now closed.

 

The Family NP Nursing Master’s Degree program offers:

• Faculty mentorship and advising ·        
• Full-time and part-time plans of study
• Clinical experiences in a variety of ambulatory settings and specialty clinics ·        
• Many online course offerings

The Family Nurse Practitioner program is known for its intellectual rigor and clinical quality. This Master’s Degree in Nursing satisfies requirements for NP certification in Family Health through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). 

Graduate Advisor

• Alison Murphy, MEd 
• (amurphy7@kent.edu)
• 330-672-8748

Program Director

• Marie Anne Hickey, MSN, RN, CNP (mvigue@kent.edu) 
  
• 330-672-8842 or 28842 on-campus dial for free 
  

Plan of Study

Post-Master's Certificate