Dual Role (Family NP/Emergency NP)
The dual Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)/Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP) program prepares nurses with the experience necessary to provide direct patient management in urgent, emergent, and trauma care settings in addition to primary care settings.
Dual Role (Family NP/Emergency NP) Program Information
The University of South Alabama (³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ) dual FNP/ENP program is offered as a master’s degree program.
With the combination of dynamic coursework, on-campus skills intensives, and clinical experiences, the dual FNP/ENP curriculum prepares students to provide care to patients of all ages. Clinical settings may include primary care clinics, urgent care offices, emergency departments, and emergency ground/air transport services. Our rigorous FNP/ENP curriculum consists of the following:
- 57 credit hours
- 840 practicum hours
- 2 on-campus clinical intensives (3 on-campus clinical intensives starting 2023)
Upon graduation, students will be prepared to sit for the Family Nurse Practitioner and Emergency Nurse Practitioner exams for board certification. Graduates must hold certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner in order to apply and become eligible for the Emergency Nurse Practitioner board certification exam offered by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board. Career opportunities for FNP/ENP program graduates include a variety of clinical settings, such as primary care offices, urgent care clinics, emergency department fast-track areas, main emergency departments, and trauma resuscitation units.
All students in the Dual Role (Family NP/Emergency NP) specialty track are required to attend two mandatory on-campus Clinical Skills Intensives (CSI) provided by the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Simulation Program.
The first phase clinical skills intensive provides hands-on instruction for common advanced practice assessments and procedures pertinent to family and emergency scope of practice. Students will attend when enrolled in NU 583/584. The second phase includes simulation scenarios and standardized patient encounters to demonstrate clinical skills for evaluation prior to completing the program. Students will attend when enrolled in NU 587/588.
Students must sign-up to attend one session for each phase and can select preferred dates on a first come, first serve basis. Simulation will contact students with information via Jag Mail on how to sign-up three months prior to the scheduled dates.
Dates can be found at the link below. Simulation will reach out to students three months prior to the scheduled sessions. Please note the dates are for Clinical Skills Intensives only. The track coordinator may provide orientation dates, which are separate from CSI and Simulation.
BSN-MSN students complete all support, MSN core, MSN specialty courses for a total of 57 credit hours. The MSN degree must be completed within five years.
| Curriculum |
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| Support Courses |
| NU 518 - Advanced Nursing Assessment 3 credit hours |
| NU 545 - Physio-pathological Basis of Advanced Nursing 3 credit hours |
| NU 578 - Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nurses 3 credit hours |
| MSN Core Courses |
| NU 607 - Scientific Underpinnings of Advanced Nursing Practice 3 credit hours |
| NU 608 - Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement in Healthcare 3 credit hours |
| NU 610 - Healthcare Policy and Finance 3 credit hours |
| NU 613 - Organizational & Systems Leadership 3 credit hours |
| Dual Role (Family NP/Adult-Geron Acute Care NP) Specialty Courses |
| NU 580 – Health Promotion/Disease Prevention & Issues for FNP/ENP 2 credit hours |
| NU 581 – Family/Emergency NP I 5 credit hours |
| NU 582 – Family/Emergency NP Practicum I – 120 Clinical Hours 2 credit hours |
| NU 583 – Family/Emergency NP II 5 credit hours |
| NU 584 – Family/Emergency NP Practicum II – 240 Clinical Hours 4 credit hours |
| NU 585 – Family/Emergency NP III 5 credit hours |