BSN to DNP - Family Nurse Practitioner

The Family Nurse Practitioner pathway is designed to prepare skilled Family Nurse Practitioners for work in primary care clinics, managing acute and chronic health conditions across the lifespan.  The curriculum prepares graduates to apply for and sit for the American Nurses Credentialing Center and/or American Association of Nurse Practitioners Family Nurse Practitioner-primary care certification exam.

Health promotion and disease prevention are integral in the NP’s practice. Graduates of this program are registered nurses with advanced education who can assess, make diagnoses, manage health care, prescribe medicines and evaluate care for persons who are ill, injured and/or have chronic diseases.

The NP pathway offers part-time and full-time options to fit the schedules of working nurses. The primary practice site for FNPs is outpatient primary care practices or specialty clinics in the outpatient setting.  Many classes are offered online, but there are on-campus learning requirements in some classes.  On-campus learning consists of standardized patient visits, labs with clinical skills and physical assessments, and objective structured clinical exams. 

• Completion of a bachelor’s degree in nursing from a United States regionally accredited institution.
• Current, unencumbered Registered Nurse license in Oklahoma or compact state by the time of enrollment in the second semester. 
• Minimum Cumulative GPA for 3.0 in all college coursework at the time of application and at the time of enrollment. 
• Resume or CV.
• The most qualified candidates will be invited to an interview.
• Please Note: The LPN-BSN, RN-BSN, MSN, Post-Graduate Certificates, PhD, and DNP programs in the OU College of Nursing are hybrid and/or online or part-time programs. The F-1 visa regulations require in-person courses, and these programs do not meet those requirements. Thus, international students are not accepted for these programs (LPN-BSN, RN-BSN, MSN, Post-Graduate Certificates, PhD, and DNP). International students are only eligible to apply for the ABSN and TBSN pathways as they have in-person requirements.
• All applicants should refer to the professional licensure disclosure information for the programs.

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