• Contacts: Dr. Rebecca Appleton
• Location: 420 Prichard Hall
• Telephone: 304-696-2632
• Website: mailto:appleto1@marshall.edu

The purpose of the Post Master’s Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner program is to prepare nurses, who have a Master of Science in Nursing degree, as family nurse practitioners. The graduates of this program are eligible to take the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center Certification Examination for Family Nurse Practitioners and/or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Examination for Adult and Family Nurse Practitioners.

Admission Requirements

Plan of Study

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
NUR 620	Adv Pathophysiology I	2
NUR 621	Adv Pathophysiology II	2
NUR 622	Advanced Physical Assessment	5
NUR 624	Adv Family Nursing Practice I	5
NUR 626	Adv Family Nursing III	5
NUR 663	Advanced Pharmacology I	2
NUR 664	Advanced Pharmacology II	2
NUR 695	Internship: Adv Family Nur	6
Total Credit Hours		29

Additional courses may be taken after consultation with the graduate faculty advisor for family nurse practitioners.