Normal Time to Completion: 2 years 4 months
This program is offered online.
Jump to the MSN-FNP Curriculum
The online Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP) Specialization at Post University provides the opportunity to build the insights and skills students could use to make a positive impact on patient care. The program places an emphasis on critical areas in primary care settings-assessment, prevention, diagnosis, and management of chronic and acute conditions. Coursework covers care across the lifespan, including maternal and childcare issues, and provides preceptorship experiences to translate online classroom learnings to real-world situations.
This is a post-licensure program. Students will need to maintain an active and unencumbered registered nurse license during their enrollment.
Students will need to fulfill additional requirements to become nurse practitioners. While the Master of Science in Nursing (Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specializations) is not designed to fulfill licensure requirements in an individual state, the program may be used to partially fulfill licensure requirements.
Post University assists in researching and providing information regarding licensure; however, each state has different requirements for such licensure outside of the required education. Such state requirements may include licensure exams, background checks, certain work experience, and more. It is ultimately the responsibility of each student to manage their own licensure process and to ensure that all requirements are met in order for the student to obtain licensure. Post University does not speak on behalf of any licensing board or body and does not guarantee licensure. Requirements for licensure are subject to change without notice.
The table at the following link shows whether Post University, with completion of the appropriate curriculum, does or does not fulfill the educational requirements for a specific license:
Nurse Practitioner Disclosure by State.
Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Specialization
Coursework for the online family nurse practitioner specialization is designed to help students build a foundation of insights and practical skills:
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Graduates will apply nursing and scientific knowledge to assess, diagnose, and manage health needs across settings, using evidence, clinical guidelines, and shared decision-making to support safe, high-quality, holistic care for individuals and populations while evaluating outcomes and addressing safety.
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Graduates will use leadership and scholarly skills to guide collaboration across interprofessional teams, strengthen communication, and support improvement efforts that enhance access, care delivery, safety, and system performance, while applying quality methods to measure and improve outcomes.
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Graduates will examine the legal, social, political, and ethical influences on care and advocate for policies that support fair access, culturally responsive practices, equity, cost-effective, high-quality care, and population-level strategies that address community needs and reduce disparities.
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Graduates will use informatics, technology, and evidence-based data to strengthen communication, guide decision making, enhance quality improvement, monitor safety outcomes, and advance care processes across diverse settings.
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Graduates will apply ethical, integrity-based judgment and lifelong learning to guide practice, promote safety, advance healthcare systems, and improve outcomes for individuals and populations.
Curriculum
All NP courses are to be taken one at a time. The courses are all 8 weeks in length. Courses must be completed in the specified timeframe, including clinical hours completed in the allotted 8 weeks. The NP specializations are not offered on a part-time or accelerated basis.
The NP specializations do require clinical work. Learn more about clinical work on the additional nursing requirements page.
