MSN Core Curriculum (21 didactic credits – 0 clinical credits)
Level I: Foundations for Practice (9 didactic credits – 0 clinical credits)
PC701 Principles of Health Promotion (3-0)
PC705 Advanced Pathophysiology (3-0)
PC706 Advanced Physical Assessment (3-0)
Level II: Clinical Management for Specialty Care (12 didactic credits – 0 clinical credits)
PC702 Epidemiology and Biostatistics (3-0)
PC707 Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan (3-0)
PC713 Principles of Independent Practice (3-0)
PC718 Evidence-Based Practice (3-0)
MSN Program Plan PMHNP Curriculum (21 didactic credits – 15 clinical credits)
Level II: Clinical Management for Specialty Care (18 didactic credits – 0 clinical credits)
MH701 Psychopharmacologic/Neuroscience Foundations of Mental Health Care (3-0)
MH705 Psych-Mental Health Roles & Modalities of Care (3-0)
MH707 Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment Across the Lifespan (3-0)
MH708 Principles of Psychotherapy Across the Lifespan (3-0)
MH709 PMHNP Concepts: Transition to Practice (3-0)
MH720 Addictions and Contemporary Issues in Mental Health (3-0)
Level III: Clinical Bound (2 didactic credits – 0 clinical credits)
MH710 Clinical Skills for Psych-Mental Health Care (2-0)
Level IV: Clinical Practicum (1 didactic credit – 15 clinical credits)
MH712 Psych-Mental Health Clinical I (0-3)
MH713 Psych-Mental Health Clinical II (0-3)
MH714 Psych-Mental Health Clinical III (0-3)
MH715 Psych-Mental Health Clinical IV (0-3)
MH716 Psych-Mental Health Clinical V (0-3)
MH717 Psych-Mental Health Final Comprehensive Review (1-0)
MSN Completed: 57 credits (21 core credits + 21 didactic management credits + 15 clinical credits)
Optional 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.
Companion DNP Program Plan: Advancing Leadership and Scholarship (13 didactic credits – 8 clinical credits)
PC711 Nurse as Educator (3-0)
PC727 Ethics and Health Policy (3-0)
PC728 Leadership and Organizational Dynamics (3-0)
PC739 DNP Clinical Preparation (1-0)
PC740 DNP Clinical Scholarship Planning (1-3)
PC743 DNP Clinical Scholarship Implementation (0-4)
PC744 DNP Clinical Scholarship Dissemination (2-1)
Students have the option of completing the 21 credits of the CDNP by following either a 4-term or 5-term program of study.
