Dual Family Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Public Health Nursing Program
The combined Family Nurse Practitioner/Public Health Nursing specialty prepares advanced practice nurses who have both population and primary care skills and abilities. Graduates are educated to meet the primary care needs of individuals and families across the life span, through the delivery of comprehensive, holistic health care, including a broad range of preventative, acute, and chronic disease services, to patients of both sexes and all ages within the context of family and community. Public health strategies include community assessment, program planning and evaluation, and population based interventions. The graduate from this program will be versatile in individual, family and population levels of care.
Curriculum
FIRST YEAR: (Across fall, spring and summer semesters)
- Gen Core Course #1 [See Note A]
- Gen Core Course #2
- Gen Core Course #3
- Gen Core Course #4
- APRN Core #1 [See Note B]
- APRN Core #2
- APRN Core #3
- Biostatistics NURS 671 (3 cr) [Fall course]
- Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing NURS 600 (3 cr) [Spring course]
- Advanced Practice Clinical NURS 675 (var 1-5 cr) [See Note C]
SECOND YEAR:
Fall
- Acute and Episodic Care Management NURS 621 (3 cr)
- Advanced Practice Clinical NURS 675 (var 1-5 cr)
- Women’s Health: Promotion and Maintenance NURS 635 (3 cr)
- Clinical Skills and Procedures for Advanced Practice Nursing NURS 615 (1 cr)
- Child Health Promotion and Maintenance NURS 634/633 (3 cr) [See Note D]
Spring
- Chronic Illness Management NURS 640 (3 cr)
- Advanced Practice Clinical NURS 675 (var 1-5 cr)
- Successful Aging: Physiologic NURS 695 (3 cr)
- Child Health: Promotion and Maintenance NURS 633/634 (3 cr)
Summer
- Advanced Practice Clinical NURS 675 (4 cr)
- Community Based Participatory Research and Programming NURS 668 (3 cr)
Total Credits: 62
Notes:
Note A: Gen Core Courses The Gen Core courses are included in every specialty program. Each core course is offered every fall, spring and summer semester. NURS 620 and NURS 625 must be taken during the first year (fall, spring or summer) of the program for all full and part time students.
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention NURS 605 (3 cr)
- Health Policy NURS 609 (3 cr)
- Nursing Research and Theory for Practice NURS 620 (3 cr)
- Advanced Nursing Roles NURS (var 1-5 cr)
Note B: Advanced Practice Core (APRN Core) courses are included in all Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist Specialties. The three APRN Core courses are pre or co requisites for NURS 675, which is the advanced practice clinical course. What this means is: you must have completed all three courses, or have completed two and be enrolled in the third APRN Core course in order to register for NURS 675.
- Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning NURS 612 (2 cr) and Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning Lab NURS 612L (1 cr) (These two must be taken together and constitute on APRN core.)
- Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice NURS 613 (3 cr)
- Pharmacology for Nurses in Advanced Practice NURS 629 (3 cr)
Note C: Family Nurse Practitioner clinical hours 13 clinical credits (585 hours are required for graduation. 1 credit of NURS 675 = 45 clinical hours).
Note D: Child Health Courses Each Child Health course is offered in the fall and spring semester. The Family Nurse Practitioner Specialty includes two child health courses. These may be taken in any order. Usually, you must have taken at least one of these courses in order to undertake a clinical rotation in a pediatric setting.
Note E: Each semester, each graduate student is expected to contact their Specialty Program Director for advisement regarding coursework for the next semester. Part time pathways will be developed for students on an individual basis.
Contact Us
Office of Student Services
School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene
Phone: (808) 956-8939
Email: nursing@hawaii.edu
www.nursing.hawaii.edu
Mirella Vasquez-Brooks, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Program Director, Family Nurse Practitioner
vasquez@hawaii.edu
Kristine Qureshi, RN, DNSc, CEN, APHN-BC
Associate Professor
Program Director, Advanced Public Health Nursing
kqureshi@hawaii.edu
The UH Mānoa School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene’s baccalaureate and master’s nursing programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.