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Graduate Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner at University of Arizona

University of Arizona, United States

Programme overview

As part of the doctoral pathway for nursing practice, students can earn a graduate certificate in the field of family nurse practitioner (FNP). During the plan of study, students learn to provide holistic health care to individuals and families, understanding how to evaluate all aspects of the patient in order to manage a spectrum of conditions - from the episodic, such as coughs and earaches, to the chronic, like diabetes and asthma.

Faculty: College of Nursing  |  Duration: 34 units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Tucson, AZ, United States

What you will study

NURS 572: Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics for Nursing, 3 units NURS 609a: Health Assessment, 3 units NURS 609c: Pediatric Health Assessment, 1 unit NURS 501: Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology, 3 units NURS 542: Pediatric Pharmacotherapeutics, 1 unit NURS 612: Pediatrics in Advanced Practice, 2 units NURS 620a: Introduction to Primary Care, 5 units NURS 620b: Advanced Primary.

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Entry requirements

Graduate College minimum (applies to all programmes; departments may add requirements): regionally accredited bachelor's degree or comparable international degree and a minimum 2.75 GPA for certificate programmes on a 4.00 scale. The Graduate College does not require the GRE, though individual programmes may. Programme-specific requirements are listed in the Graduate Admissions Guide.

Spring semester begins January 13 and fall semester begins August 23 for undergraduate international students; for graduate students spring begins January 14 and fall August 25.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.arizona.edu/admissions

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