The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certificate program enables a nurse who already holds a master’s degree in nursing to be prepared as a specialist in the delivery of primary care services to individuals and families in a wide variety of settings.
1. Theoretical and Empirical Knowledge for Evidence-based Practice
Synthesize nursing knowledge and related disciplines as evidence for nursing practice decisions through ethical conduct of scholarly activities and clinical reasoning.
2. Effective, Compassionate, Ethical, Culturally Sensitive, and Holistic Nursing Care
Promote ethical clinical decision-making, holistic person-centered care, and culturally-sensitive relationships at the level of advanced nursing practice.
3. Quality Improvement and Culture of Safety
Formulate quality improvement strategies by evaluating system-level data and integrating best evidence to promote safety and optimal system-level outcomes.
4. Advocacy and Social Justice
Advocate for improving the system’s capability and resources by addressing social determinants of health, equitable healthcare access, cost-effectiveness, and quality of care to diverse populations.
5. Leadership
Exemplify leadership roles and strategies to promote quality nursing practice within complex healthcare systems across the continuum of care.
6. Communication and Collaboration
Promote collaborative relationships with interprofessional team members, patients, families, and other stakeholders to enhance quality patient-centered care.
7. Informatics and Technologies
Apply information technologies and management skills ethically for the provision of efficient health care services, team collaboration, decision-making, and patient engagement in a variety of settings.
8. Professionalism
Cultivate the professional identity of nursing through modeling personal well-being, professional maturity, leadership, accountability to the profession, and a culture of lifelong learning.
