Nursing, MSN/FNP

FPU develops nursing professionals equipped with the values, knowledge and skills to improve health for all through leadership and service. With a focus on assessment, prevention and instruction, our Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) gives you a broad education, applicable to today’s evolving healthcare field. A Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) emphasis focuses on primary care across the lifespan with practicums that prepare you for this specialty. FNPs demonstrate a commitment to, and understanding of, the relevance of the family’s identified community in the delivery of family-centered care. As a Fresno Pacific MSN student, you’ll gain hands-on training with a wide range of complex and varied patients across family practice, women’s health, pediatrics, and primary care, equipping you for national FNP certification exams through either AANPCB or ANCC .

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Highlights

Career opportunities

As a graduate of the program, with an FNP emphasis, you will be prepared for teaching, leadership, informatics and healthcare technologies, evidence-based clinical practice, as well as caring for individuals and families.

Program director

Stacy A. Wise, DNP, RN, FNP-C

Nursing Department Chair, Assistant Professor

Admission requirements

• Complete application packet
  • Application form
  • $90 fee
  • Official transcripts
  • Reference form
  • Statement of intent
  • Resume or Curriculum vitae
  • Personal interview
• BSN degree from an accredited nursing program
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Active California registered nursing (RN) license
• Completion of statistics, chemistry and an upper division writing requirement

Prerequisites

• Certified background check
• Evidence of current physical exam and immunization
• Evidence of current malpractice insurance

*Required by end of first semester.

Course listing

Required Courses