Online Master's in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP)

The family nurse practitioner online nursing master's program is comprised of a 48 credit hour curriculum (24 didactic and 18 credit hours blended learning didactic and clinical, and 6 hours for clinical practice internship). The total number of clinical hours upon completion of the program is 720. Prior to admission to clinical, students will need to complete their basic online nursing master's program FNP courses: NURS510, NURS520, NURS530, NURS532, NURS550, NURS590, NURS592, and NURS594 (all offered on an 8-week bi-term schedule).

Students will experience a blended learning approach with both didactic online classwork in the addition of completion of 120 clinical hours per course in the courses NURS670, NURS672, and NURS674. The course NURS690 will provide a 360 clinical hour concentrated clinical internship. 

Upon successful completion of the online family nurse practitioner program, graduates from the online nursing master's program will be able to:

• Integrate nursing theory, concepts from humanities, and related sciences into the delivery of advanced nursing care for diverse populations and the advanced practice role
• Apply leadership skills and decision making in the provisions of culturally responsive, safe, high quality nursing care
• Implement evidence-based plans based on data to quantify the impact of quality and safety and improve health outcomes across the continuum of care, system, and organization
• Integrate theory, research, and interprofessional perspectives to improve practice, healthcare delivery and systems, and health outcomes for patient aggregates
• Use information and communication technologies to support the organization, integrate and coordinate care, and improve health outcomes
• Analyze how healthy policy and advocacy influence the structure of healthcare delivery, financing of health care, and health outcomes
• Use effective communication strategies to develop, participate, and lead interprofessional teams to improve healthcare delivery and advance nursing practice
• Integrate clinical prevention and population health concepts in the development of culturally competent care for improving health of patient aggregates
• Demonstrate the professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct of the advanced practice role
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to improve systems of care and to optimize patient and population health outcomes
• Conceptualize and incorporate an evolving personal nursing philosophy based on professional advanced nursing standards, practice, accountability and life-long learning

Click here for Course Details | Click here for the MSN-FNP handbook

Documentation for the following items must be received before an admission decision is made for the Family Nurse Practitioner - Online Nursing Master's Program:

• Official Transcripts must be received for all undergraduate and graduate coursework from accredited colleges or universities, including confer date of BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) which show a cumulative GPA of 3.0 for all prior coursework is required for full admission. Conditional admission will be considered for applicants with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.75. If conditional admittance is granted, a GPA of 3.0 is expected with the completion of 12 hours of coursework.
• Submit an online application and associated $30 application fee
• Documentation of language fluency for non-native speakers of English, such as a score report from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the 8 International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or a report from Duolingo. This requirement is waived for students who have completed bachelor’s or master’s level coursework in the U.S. at an accredited institution. The minimum acceptable TOEFL or IELTS scores for admission are: 
  • Paper-based TOEFL (PBT) - 550 
  • Internet-based TOEFL (IBT) - 79 
  • IELTS - 6
  • Duolingo - 100
• Any international course work completed must have official transcript evaluations completed and submitted to the University by the evaluation firm. Evaluations MUST include GPA for admission.
  Approved Evaluation Firms are:
  • World Education Services (WES)
  • Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE)
  • International Education Research Foundation (IERF)
  • Educational Perspectives (EP)
  • SpanTran
• A 500-700 word Statement of Purpose for graduate study describing your understanding of the role of the MSN prepared nurse, reasons for pursuing the degree, and how obtaining the degree will change your future practice. Also, please address what strengths and weaknesses you will bring to the program and your understanding of online learning. 
• Evidence of a current and unencumbered Registered Nurse license
• Completion of a three (3) hour graduate or undergraduate course in statistics with a grade of C or higher. Conditional admission may be granted if the applicant is unable to submit evidence of prior completion but this requirement must be met within the first 12 hours of coursework

All admissions materials should be submitted to Graduate Admissions:

University of the Cumberlands
Graduate & Online Admissions
649 S. 10th Street Suite C
Williamsburg, KY 40769

Phone 606.539.4390
Toll-Free 855.791.7199
Email gradadm@ucumberlands.edu

Click here to view University of the Cumberlands' accreditation information. 

In addition to the overall institutional accreditation statement above, the family nurse practitioner - online nursing master's program at University of the Cumberlands is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education , 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791. 

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