
MSN - Primary
Care of Families, Nurse Practitioner Track
This track builds upon the Primary Care of Adults - Nurse Practitioner
Track and prepares students to provide direct care and to take leadership
in the primary care of families. Primary care sites include outpatient
clinics, work sites, college health services, emergency rooms, home
health and other community-based settings. Upon completion of this
track, students are eligible for certification in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and for national certification as a Family Nurse
Practitioner.
This Track requires a total of 702 clinical hours. The
clinical experiences are in NUR 665, NUR 666 and NUR 636.
Students who are already adult nurse practitioners may apply for
a post master's certificate in family nurse practitioner. For post
master's certificate students who are already adult nurse practitioners,
the clinical requirements are 190 hours.
Core Courses
NUR 604 Research and Theory I
NUR 605 Research and Theory II
NUR 607 Advanced Practice Nursing and Administration in Health Care
Delivery Systems
NUR 608 Population-Based Care and Advanced Practice Nursing
Advanced Core Courses
NUR 615 Family Health Nursing
NUR 616 Assessment of the Adult in Health and Illness
NUR 617 Pharmacology
NUR 618 Pathophysiology
Adult Nurse Practitioner Track Courses
NUR 660 Primary Care of Adults I
NUR 661 Primary Care of Adults II
NUR 665 Field Study in Primary Care of Adults I (256 hrs.)
NUR 666 Field Study in Primary Care of Adults II (256 hrs.)
Family Nurse Practitioner Track Courses
NUR 636 Primary Care of Women and Children (190 hrs.)
Course Credits
Primary Care of Families - Nurse Practitioner (FNP) |
| Course Number |
Credits |
Track |
| NUR 604 |
3 Credits |
Core |
| NUR 605 |
3 Credits |
Core |
| NUR 607 |
3 Credits |
Core |
| NUR 608 |
3 Credits |
Core |
| NUR 615 |
3 Credits |
Advanced Core |
| NUR 616 |
3 Credits |
Advanced Core |
| NUR 617 |
3 Credits |
Advanced Core |
| NUR 618 |
3 Credits |
Advanced Core |
| NUR 636 |
6 Credits |
FNP Track |
| NUR 660 |
3 Credits |
FNP Track |
| NUR 661 |
3 Credits |
FNP Track |
| NUR 665 |
4 Credits |
FNP Track |
| NUR 666 |
4 Credits |
FNP Track |
Total 44 Credits
For course
descriptions, please go to "Section 2"
of the online graduate catalog.

Czekanski, Kathleen, PhD, RN, CNE Director
Graduate Nursing Program
La Salle University
1900 West Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141 USA
Phone (215) 951-1322
Fax (215) 951-1896
e-mail: msnapn@lasalle.edu

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