Graduate Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner

Nurses who hold a Master of Science in Nursing degree from a nationally accredited program and are interested in continuing study for FNP Nursing may be eligible to enter post graduate studies. The three pre-requisite courses required for Advanced Practice Nursing are Advanced Health Assessment (didactic and clinical), Advanced Pathophysiology, and Advanced Pharmacology, and will need to have been completed within five years before beginning courses. If the MSN program from which the applicant graduated did not include any of these courses, they must be taken through TSU before admission to the post-graduate certificate program. The FNP Post-Graduate Certificate requires the successful completion of nine didactic hours (NURS5150, NURS5160, and NURS 5171) and all associated clinical credit hours (NURS5154, NURS5164, & 5174 600 total clock hours) to total 15 credit hours.

Admission to Tennessee State University. Graduation from an NLNAC, ACEN, or CCNE accredited master’s or doctoral program in nursing. An overall graduate level GPA minimum of 3.0 or higher on a 4point scale is required for admission for a post master’s certificate. A current unencumbered Tennessee R.N. license (or the state in which clinical will be completed). Submission of ALL materials required within the MSN Program application packet to the Nursing Centralized Application Service (NursingCAS). IELTS - 6.0, TOEFL - 71 (Internet-based Test), 525 (Paper Test), Duolingo test - 95