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2025-2026 Samford University Graduate Catalog

Family Nurse Practitioner w/ENP Specialty (BSN to DNP)

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IMPORTANT NOTE: Program is closed to new admits.

DNP Core: 21 Credits

COHS 500 - Introduction to Interprofessional Practice (1)
NURG 731 - Concepts of Advanced Nursing Practice (4)
NURG 732 - Theoretical Principles of Evidence-Based Practice (4)
NURG 733 - Systems-Based Practice (4)
NURG 734 - Essentials of Population Health (4)
NURG 760 - DNP Project I (2)
NURG 761 - DNP Project II (2)

Family Nurse Practitioner w/ENP Specialty (BSN to DNP): 63 Credits

Family Nurse Practitioner Core: 51 Credits

NURG 533 - Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology (3)
NURG 600 - Common Diagnostics/Procedures (3)
NURG 610 - Advanced Health Assessment (4)
NURG 633 - Pharmacotherapeutics for APRN (3)
NURG 706 - Family Primary Care I (4)
NURG 707 - Family Primary Care II (4)
NURG 708 - Family Primary Care III (4)
NURG 709 - Advanced Clinical Reasoning (3)
NURG 714 - Care in the Community (3)
NURG 716 - FNP Clinical I (4)
NURG 717 - FNP Clinical II (4)
NURG 730 - NP Practicum (6)
NURG 781 - Leadership, Organizational, and Strategic Management Theory (3)
NURG 783 - Business Skills and Principles for Advanced Nursing Practice (3)

Emergency Nurse Practitioner Specialty: 12 Credits

NURG 791 - Emergency Care I (3)
NURG 792 - Emergency Care Clinical I (3)
NURG 793 - Emergency Care II (3)
NURG 794 - Emergency Care Clinical II (3)

Total Required Credits: 84

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