Level I: Foundations for Practice
(18 didactic credits – 0 clinical credits)
PC700 Communication (3-0)
PC701 Principles of Health Promotion (3-0)
PC702 Epidemiology and Health Statistics (3-0)
PC718 Evidence Based Practice (3-0)
PC705 Advanced Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan (3-0)
PC706 Advanced Health Assessment (3-0)
Level II: Clinical Management for Specialty Care
(22 didactic credits – 0 clinical credits)
PC707 Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Across the Lifespan (3-0)
NP702 Primary Care I (3-0)
NP705 Primary Care II (3-0)
NP706 Primary Care III (3-0)
NP704 Primary Care: Pediatrics (3-0)
NP703 Women’s Health and Childbearing (4-0)
NP700 Role of the Nurse Practitioner (3-0)
Level III: Clinical Bound
(2 didactic credits – 0 clinical credits)
PC714 Skills for Advanced Practice (1-0)
NP711 Advanced Skills for Nurse Practitioner Care (1-0)
Level IV: Clinical Practicum
(4 didactic credits – 15 clinical credits)
PC713 Principles of Independent Practice (3-0)
NP712 Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical I (0-3)
NP713 Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical II (0-3)
NP714 Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical III (0-3)
NP715 Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical IV (0-3)
NP716 Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical V (0-3)
NP717 Family Nurse Practitioner Final Comprehensive Review (1-0)
46 didactic credits + 15 clinical credits = 61 credits
MSN Conferred / Certification Exam
Optional Companion DNP Curriculum
Starting January 1, 2014, Frontier’s MSN curriculum was designed to integrate many of the DNP Essentials allowing FNU graduates completing the MSN to transition into a DNP program via a direct admission process. This is what FNU calls the Companion DNP (CDNP). The Companion DNP is only available to FNU graduates who began and completed the MSN program at FNU after January 1, 2014 (Class 108, 111, 114, 117, 119 and above). The Companion DNP is also available to FNU graduates who began and completed the PGC program at FNU between January 1, 2014 and January 1, 2017. FNU graduates who began the PGC at FNU on or after January 1, 2017 completed the PGC program of study that did not incorporate the DNP Essentials and are therefore not eligible to continue to the CDNP.
PC711 Nurse as Educator (3-0)
PC728 Leadership and Organizational Dynamics (3-0)
PC729 Health Policy and Advocacy (2-0)
PC740 DNP Clinical Scholarship Planning (1-3)
PC741 DNP Clinical Scholarship Implementation (1-4)
PC742 DNP Clinical Scholarship Dissemination (1-1)
11 didactic credits + 8 clinical credits = 19 credits
DNP conferred
Students have the option of completing the 19 credits of the CDNP by following either a 3-term, 4-term or 5-term program of study
