A focus on diverse, rural and underserved communities.
At FNU, we exemplify the caring behaviors we hope to bring to the wider healthcare system.
A Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner (WHCNP) is an advanced practice nurse that specializes in continuing and comprehensive health care for women throughout their lives. WHCNPs provide well-woman care, reproductive and gynecological care, and prenatal and postpartum care. Additionally, WHCNPs focus on health promotion, disease prevention, health education, and helping patients make smart lifestyle choices.
Specialty Track Overview
- Earn a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or a Post-Graduate Certificate (PGC).
- Complete your coursework online.
- Attend full- or part-time. FNU offers every course every term.
- After earning your MSN, you can continue on to complete a DNP at FNU.
- Enjoy two brief on-campus immersion experiences.
- Complete your clinical practicum in your home community.
- 675 clinical hours for the MSN plus an additional 360 hours for the DNP.
- View Program of Study.
Affordable
Affordable Tuition
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100% Online Coursework
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Doctorally-prepared Faculty
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Clinical Placement Services
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Frontier Nursing University offers a graduate Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner specialty track specialty track that can be pursued full- or part-time while completing a Master of Science in Nursing or a Post-Graduate Certificate. After earning an MSN or certificate, you have the option to continue on to the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at FNU.
With our distance education model, your home community serves as your classroom. FNU faculty are committed to being present and providing consistent support throughout the educational journey. Our flexible women’s health care nurse practitioner program allows you to complete courses online and work closely with a certified women’s health care nurse practitioner during your clinical experience.
“The faculty at Frontier Nursing University are very supportive, kind, and caring.” - Kenna Hopkins, Student
What Sets FNU Apart?
- A leader in distance education since 1989
- A focus on rural and underserved populations since 1939
- A national leader in DEI
- A culture of caring shared by the FNU community
- Flexible format offering every course every term to fit your life and career goals
- Two campus immersion experiences to build lifelong connections with other students and faculty
- Nearly 13,000 clinical sites and 16,000 preceptors nationwide
- Scholarship opportunities for students
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Exam Pass Rates
98% of our women’s health care nurse practitioner graduates pass the national certification exam the first time.
A leader in distance education since 1989
Frontier Nursing University’s mission is built on more than 80 years of experience in graduate nursing and midwifery education. FNU implemented a distance education model in 1989, allowing us to reach rural and underserved communities nationwide with students in all 50 states.
Our community-based Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner Program curriculum has a strong academic and clinical basis. It is unique in that we teach you not only to be a women’s health care nurse practitioner, but also to be an entrepreneur and a leader in the healthcare system.
"At Frontier, we are committed to preparing experts in women’s and gender-related healthcare through our WHCNP program. I am passionate about holistically addressing the unique needs of women across their lifespans. If you share this passion and want to partner with your community to support women’s health and well-being, Frontier is the place for you!"
- Eileen J. B. Thrower, Ph.D., APRN, CNM, CNE, FACNM
Department Chair for the Department of Midwifery and Women's Health
"At Frontier, we are committed to preparing experts in women’s and gender-related healthcare through our WHCNP program. I am passionate about holistically addressing the unique needs of women across their lifespans. If you share this passion and want to partner with your community to support women’s health and well-being, Frontier is the place for you!"
- Eileen J. B. Thrower, Ph.D., APRN, CNM, CNE, FACNM
Department Chair for the Department of Midwifery and Women's Health
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