Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate

Beginning in Fall 2024, new students will complete the updated curriculum (below), aligned with the 2022 AACN Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education. If you have questions regarding the updated curriculum, please contact your Program Chair.

Students enrolled before Fall 2024 are not affected.

Professional Licensure Information

Prospective students seeking professional licensure outside of Delaware should verify state licensure requirements before applying.  For state-by-state contact information for individual state licensure requirements, please visit NC-SARA's Professional Licensure Directory.

Family Nurse Practitioner

The Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner certificate program provides a pathway for master’s prepared nurses to acquire the requisite training to become a nurse practitioner. The curriculum emphasizes relationships among advanced nursing practice, theory, and scholarly inquiry through didactic coursework and 700 hours of clinical practicum completed within various clinical settings. Graduates are  eligible for national board certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Nurses Credentialing Center or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board.

Each student will undergo a GAP analysis to confirm the completion of Advanced Practice Roles, Advanced Pathophysiology, Advanced Pharmacology, and Advanced Health Assessment across the lifespan. If any of these courses have not been completed, students must complete Advanced Practice Roles, Advanced Pathophysiology, Advanced Pharmacology, and Advanced Health Assessment across the lifespan during the program.

Program Competencies:

In addition to the University’s graduate graduation competencies, students will be able to:

1. Examine evidence-based practice and clinical judgment to improve quality, safety, and clinical outcomes for professional nursing practice;

2. Evaluate social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and ethical principles for professional nursing practice;

3. Analyze health policy, fiscal, and information technology implications for professional nursing practice;

4. Assess the impact of social determinants of health for professional nursing practice;

5. Design effective leadership strategies with interprofessional teams to enhance systems-based professional nursing practice;

6. Demonstrate effective communication, compassionate care, personal health, and professional maturity.

Family Nurse Practitioner Specialty Competencies:

1.  Demonstrate competence in management of patient health/ illness;

2.  Employ evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to guide screening activities; identify health promotion needs; and provide anticipatory guidance and counseling addressing environmental, lifestyles, and developmental issues;

3.  Plan and implement diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions to help patients with unstable and complex healthcare problems regain stability and restore health in collaboration with the patient and multidisciplinary healthcare team.

Family Nurse Practitioner

Core Courses ( 16 Credits)

GRN 7000	Scholarly Writing	1
GRN 7102	Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing Practice	3
GRN 8102	Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice	3
GRN 8103	Epidemiology and Population Health	3
GRN 8104	Healthcare Politics and Policy	3
GRN 8105	Healthcare Informatics	3

Family NP Courses ( 39 Credits, 700 Clinical Hours)

 

GRN 7101	Advanced Pathophysiology	4
GRN 7103	Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan	4
GRN 7104	Advanced Health Assessment	4
GRN 7105	Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Decision Making Across the Lifespan	2
GRN 7121	Family Practicum I	4
GRN 7106	Acute and Chronic Care Across the Lifespan I	3
GRN 7122	Family Practicum II	4
GRN 7107	Acute and Chronic Care Across the Lifespan II	3
GRN 7108	Acute and Chronic Care Across the Lifespan III	3
GRN 7123	Family Practicum III	4
GRN 7124	Family Practicum IV	4