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Masters in Nursing (Family Nurse Practitioner Track)

Degree At A Glance:

Number of Credits	44
Cost Per Credit	$ 300
Total Tuition	$ 13,200

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The Masters in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Program is 44 credit hours and offered fully online. The Darton College of Health Professions at Albany State University provides nurses with the knowledge, skills, abilities, and hands-on experiences that will allow them to provide high-quality care in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Please Note: This is the full-time track for students who want to take nine or more credit hours per semester.

Program Contact Information
Program Advisor	Dr. Linda Amankwaa		229-430-4731
Online Specialist	Dr. Denata Williams	Schedule Now with Dr. Denata Williams	229-500-2913

Albany State University recommends the following course track for transfer students.
If you would like to use a different track, please contact your Online Support Specialist.

Year 1 Full Time (26 hours)

Course Listing for Year 1 Full Time
Course	Title	Credits
NURS 5100	Adv. Health Assessment	3 hours NURS 5100 - Adv. Health Assessment 3 credit hours Course Description This online course includes the processes, techniques, and skills of advanced health assessment, building on basic and experiential knowledge of assessment. It is intended to provide the basis for individual student development of expertise in assessing health and illness states. Focus is on didactic and clinical content that the advanced practice nurse utilizes when assessing clients. The processes of systematic assessment, which include communication and planning skills, are emphasized. Clinical judgment, diagnostic and monitoring skills and teaching are integrated as components of assessment.
NURS 5111	Nursing Theory Devel	3 hours NURS 5111 - Nursing Theory Devel 3 credit hours Course Description This course explores theoretical assumptions and conceptual models related to nursing practice, nursing research and nursing education. Other nursing, social, behavioral, and natural science theories are also discussed. This course provides an introduction to conceptual and theoretical thinking. Students will examine knowledge development in nursing, conceptual structures, and their uses as a basis for nursing practice and research.
NURS 5120	Adv. Nursing Research	3 hours NURS 5120 - Adv. Nursing Research 3 credit hours Course Description This course emphasizes quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and the application of technology in data analysis. Students formulate a beginning approach to proposal development. Pre-Requisites: NURS 5111, Admission to Graduate Nursing Program or Approval of Graduate Nursing Program Coordinator.
NURS 5210	Adv. Pathophysiology	3 hours NURS 5210 - Adv. Pathophysiology 3 credit hours Course Description This course emphasizes the complexity of normal physiological and psychological functions and the disruption of homeostasis in understanding the disease process and/or illness. The involvement of multi-systems in the clinical manifestation of the disease process and diagnoses will be delineated. (Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate Nursing Program)
NURS 5220	Fam. Div. Vul. Comm.	2 hours NURS 5220 - Fam. Div. Vul. Comm. 2 credit hours Course Description The students apply concepts, theories, and methodologies of transcultural nursing to clients of diverse populations. Pre-Requisite: Admission to Graduate Nursing Program.
NURS 5410	Intro. to Fam. Prim. Care	4 hours NURS 5410 - Intro. to Fam. Prim. Care 4 credit hours Course Description This course introduces the concept of primary health care of children, adults, and families. The focus is on health promotion and disease prevention with medically underserved populations. (Pre-Requisites: NURS 5100 & Admission to FNP Program)
NURS 5421	Prim. Care of Children	5 hours NURS 5421 - Prim. Care of Children 5 credit hours Course Description The purpose of this course is to present the theoretical and clinical basis for advanced health promotion and disease prevention for children, adolescents, and their families. Content will include health maintenance, health teaching, behavioral/developmental issues, counseling, and advanced nursing management of well child health and selected common childhood illnesses. The focus is on comprehensive care for well child health maintenance and selected illnesses. Attention is directed toward the care needed to meet the health objectives for children, adolescents and families in Healthy People 2010 consistent with accepted national guidelines. Clinical experiences will provide opportunity for testing and integrating of theory in practice and development of relationships with other health care providers. Clinical experiences will occur in a variety of settings with emphasis on rural and urban underserved children, adolescents and families.
NURS 5910	Pharm. in Adv. Practice	3 hours NURS 5910 - Pharm. in Adv. Practice 3 credit hours Course Description This course provides the advanced practice health care provider with knowledge of pharmacological agents used in treatment of adults, adolescents, and young children. Emphasis is on indications, mechanisms of action, prescriptive drugs, protocols, techniques, and dosages. (Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate Nursing Program/Department Approval)

Year 2 Full Time (18 hours)

Course Listing for Year 2 Full Time
Course	Title	Credits
NURS 6101	Prim. Care of Women	4 hours NURS 6101 - Prim. Care of Women 4 credit hours Course Description This course focuses on the implementation of various teaching strategies and the measurement of learning outcomes. Pre-Requisites: Admission to Graduate Nursing Program or Approval of Graduate Nursing Program Coordinator. (Prerequisite: NURS 5410)
NURS 6211	Prim. Care of Adults	5 hours NURS 6211 - Prim. Care of Adults 5 credit hours Course Description This course presents the theoretical and clinical basis for health promotion and disease prevention of adults/older adults and their families. Content includes health maintenance, health teaching, developmental issues, counseling and nursing diagnosis and management of common minor acute and chronic health problems found in adults. (Prerequisite: NURS 6101)
NURS 6310	Prim. Care Iss./ Comm	2 hours NURS 6310 - Prim. Care Iss./ Comm 2 credit hours Course Description This seminar focuses on care needed to meet the needs of clients with sensitivity to community and cultural differences.
NURS 6820	FNP Practicum	4 hours NURS 6820 - FNP Practicum 4 credit hours Course Description An integrated clinical practicum focused on development and implementation of the advanced practitioner role. Students are involved in a preceptorship in rural/urban family practice settings under the supervision of a clinical preceptor and graduate faculty. (Pre-Requisites: Completion of all coursework)
NURS 6920	Thesis/Scholarly Project	3 hours NURS 6920 - Thesis/Scholarly Project 3 credit hours Course Description Research methodologies are used to investigate a nursing problem. Satisfactory completion of a thesis or research project is required. The student may choose to develop the proposal from NURS 5120 for the research activities for this course. (Prerequisite: NURS 5120)

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Tuition and Fees Information Table
Tuition & Fees as of July 30, 2018
Tuition	$13,200
Institutional Fee	$225 / per semester
Technology Fee	$65 / per semester

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This program is designed to prepare graduates to pursue a job in this field or related fields. Although career and professional development services are available to students and graduates, finding a job is the individual responsibility of the student. We do not guarantee that any student will be placed in any particular job, or at all.

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