MSN Family Nurse Practitioner Curriculum

We are no longer accepting applications to the Master of Science in Nursing degree program. The College of Nursing has transitioned our APRN, Midwifery and Nursing Administrative Leadership programs to a Post-Bachelor’s Doctor of Nursing Practice.

Designed to achieve your ultimate goal of becoming an FNP. Our curriculum ensures that you will be prepared – more than prepared – you will thrive.

Designed with you in mind.

You will start your experience at UNM in an in-person orientation with all of our incoming Advance Practice Nurse Practitioner students. Building your interprofessional community. And continue your first term before breaking out into your concentration cohorts – family nurse practitioner.

Our Curriculum

First Term – Summer (9 credits)

NURS 501 Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing - MSN Core Online (3)
NURS 503 Research in Nursing - MSN Core Online (3)
NURS 526 Advanced Pathophysiology - APRN Core (3)

Second Term – Fall (9 credits)

NURS 540 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning - APRN Core (3 credits – 2 didactic, 1 clinical (lab) and 50 lab hours)
NURS 543 Pharmacological Principles of Clinical Therapeutics- APRN Core (3)
NURS 525 Primary Care Concepts (3)

Third Term – Spring (8 credits)

NURS 505 Health Care Policy, Systems & Financing for Advanced Practice Roles - MSN Core (3)
NURS 535 Primary Care of Adults I (4 credits – 2 didactic, 2 clinical and 100 clinical hours)
NURS 541 Antepartum-Postpartum for FNP (1)
NURS 538 (elective) Case Studies in Diagnostic Reasoning (1)

Fourth Term – Summer (8 credits)

NURS 542 Primary Care Pediatrics I (3 credits – 2 didactic, 1 clinical and 50 clinical hours)
NURS 536 Primary Care of Adults II (3 credits – 2 didactic, 1 clinical and 50 clinical hours)
NURS 534 Primary Care Geriatrics (2 credits - 1.5 didactic, 0.5 clinical and 25 clinical hours)

Fifth Term – Fall (9 credits)

NURS 546 Primary Care Pediatrics II (4 credits – 2 didactic, 2 clinical and 100 clinical hours)
NURS 537 Primary Care of Adults III (4 credits – 1.5 didactic, 2.5 clinical and 125 clinical hours)
NURS 554 The Evidence Base for APRN Primary Care Practice (1)

Sixth Term – Spring (9 credits)

NURS 594 Advanced Practice Seminar (1)
NURS 597 Applied Examination (1)
NURS 595 Advanced Nursing Field Work (7 clinical credits and 350 clinical hours)

Upon completion of the curriculum, graduates will finish with 52 credits, 800 clinical hours and 50 lab/simulation hours total.

Course descriptions can be found in the University Catalog.

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Our Clinical Experiences

From rural clinics to urban settings, and everything in between. You will have diverse clinical experiences from our highly qualified preceptors – faculty in the community. Your faculty liaison and our staff will support you along the way.

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