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Post BSN to DNP – Family Nurse Practitioner

Why Choose Our BSN-DNP Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Program?

The changing demands of this nation's complex healthcare environment require the highest level of scientific knowledge and practice expertise to assure quality patient outcomes. Advantages to our program include:

  • A hybrid program offering a variety of delivery methods (i.e. online, hybrid, virtual).
  • Extensive skill preparation in collaboration with interprofessional experts in our labs.
  • Numerous clinical settings available for nurse practitioner preparation.
  • Flexible DNP practice hours.

What You’ll Learn 

The DNP-FNP student progresses from the role of the registered nurse to that of a clinical family nurse practitioner and an expert nurse leader. Preparation at the DNP level combines clinical and practice leadership skills for influence on increasingly complex health care needs through direct and indirect care competency. This DNP program focuses on the provision of care to include assessment, diagnostic reasoning, and appropriate interventions with attention to health and wellness.

What You Can Do

  • With your DNP - FNP degree and certification, you practice beyond the role of a registered nurse by providing patients with primary or specialty care, and function as an expert leader in organizations/systems.
 

Requirements

Cumulative GPA of 3.3 (3.295) or higher (on a 4.0 scale), includes all college-level coursework.

  • Be a graduate of a regionally accredited college or university with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) that is accredited by one of the following agencies:
  • Current unencumbered RN license or eligible to obtain licensure without restriction to practice as an RN in Utah (or a compact state).     
  • Minimum two (2) years of current RN work experience by the application deadline. In 2025 there will be two cohorts admitted. Please pay attention to the application deadline and your RN work experience by that deadline (see the applicant checklist for the deadline). Two years of current full time RN work experience post RN-NCLEX (3 years part-time).