Admission requirements include, in addition to the master's degree in nursing, three letters of reference from professional colleagues and/or former graduate school faculty. Before enrolling in the first clinical course, students must have completed a physical assessment course within the past seven years and have achieved a passing grade on a written clinical evaluation of physical assessment skills. Applicants for the Family Nurse Practitioner program must also have at least one year of experience as a registered nurse. The total requirement for completion of the program is 30 units of course work.
| Required course work for the Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate: | Units | |
| NURS 516 | Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing | 2 |
| NURS 523 | Primary Care of the Family I | 4 |
| NURS 524L | Practicum in Primary Care of the Family I | 4 |
| NURS 533 | Primary Care of the Family II | 4 |
| NURS 534L | Practicum in Primary Care of the Family II | 4 |
| NURS 543 | Seminar on Advanced Clinical Topics in Primary Care | 1 |
| NURS 544L | Advanced Clinical Residency in Primary Care | 4 |
| NURS 565 | Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| NURS 570 | Seminar on Integration into Health Care System | 1 |
| Cognate (elective) | 3 | |
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| 30 | ||
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