Family Nurse Practitioner
GCM
Why study Family Nurse Practitioner?
Family, in its broadest definition, influences nearly every aspect of a person’s health. As a family nurse practitioner, you treat the family as the unit of care, rather than isolated individuals. Graduates of the FNP program care for patients of all ages, working in a wide-array of primary population-based care offices to outpatient clinic settings. Family nurse practitioners provide care to individuals who are well, or who have common health problems. Responsibilities include monitoring chronic diseases, ordering and interpreting diagnostic studies, prescribing medications and other treatments, providing health maintenance care, promoting positive health behaviors and collaborating with physicians and other interprofessional health care team members.
Admission Requirements
Applications for our online certificate programs are accepted every semester. For full admissions criteria, visit the Admission Requirements page.
Graduates of this specialty meet educational requirements to take exams for national certification. Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs) provide a wide range of primary care services across the lifespan, from performing physical exams and educating patients on disease prevention to ordering and interpreting diagnostic testing, prescribing medications and treating acute and chronic illnesses, conditions and injuries.
FNPs work in a variety of health care settings, including community health centers, private practices, schools and health care facilities. For more information, visit our Career Outlook page.
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Application Deadlines
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Program Code: 29GC-FNP-GCM-.FNP-DL