Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate
The Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate prepares students to provide primary health care to clients and families across the lifespan.
KU’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certificate program prepares nurses for advanced practice nursing roles in primary care.
Students learn to provide comprehensive health promotion services and to evaluate and manage acute and chronic illnesses across the lifespan during this 16-credit-hour certificate program.
Clinical practice sites are generally located in the Kansas City metropolitan area and may extend across the state of Kansas and other communities where students reside.
A variety of practice settings are utilized including primary care or internal medicine clinics; occupational health clinics; home-based care; rural health clinics; and other child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric settings.
Required didactic courses are offered online. The three practicum courses require visits to the KU Medical Center campus 1-2 times per semester for Clinical Intensive Workshops and Standardized Patient exams.
The application deadline is June 1 for the Fall Semester.
View courses and plan of study.
Contact Deb Stratton at dstratton@kumc.edu to learn more about the post-master’s certificate program.
Objectives
The objectives of the post-graduate nurse practitioner certificate are:
- Integrate science-based theories with clinical expertise and organizational management to provide leadership in health care systems and in development of health care policy.
- Synthesize, interpret, and apply knowledge from nursing practice, research, and theory to promote and sustain evidence-based nurse practitioner practice.
- Demonstrate professional values in nurse practitioner roles.
- Communicate and collaborate with colleagues in nursing and other disciplines to meet the health needs of client systems in varied health care delivery systems.
- Use information and technology to contribute to evaluation of outcomes of care, care systems, and quality improvement.
Admissions
Application for the Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate is an online process. Detailed instructions on how to apply are posted on the School of Nursing website.
Nursing Licensure
This program prepares nurses who have completed an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) graduate education program from a nationally accredited school of nursing for an additional advanced practice specialty certification. APRN eligibility differs across states and may require a specialty certification. Specialty certifications are acquired through national exams that do not vary by state. For information on individual state's requirements, visit the National Councils of State Boards of Nursing website.
As of July 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education implemented Regulation 34 CFR 668.43 (a) (5) (v) that requires professional nursing programs to provide information on how their curriculum meets education requirements for professional licensing in each state. You may review KU School of Nursing's information on licensure by state.
Funded Nurse Training Programs
Qualified applicants may be eligible for federal funds up to $25,000 per year to apply towards the cost of this degree through Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded opportunities.