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About the Program

  • All required courses are delivered totally online for you convenience. On-campus attendance requirements are kept to a minimum.
  • Your clinical requirements can usually be completed in your city of residence within the state of Texas, provided course objectives are met. Preceptors and clinical sites are subject to approval per course requirements and expected course objectives.
  • Our program maintains a 100% pass rate for FNP certification.

Credit Requirements

This program consists of 25 credit hours. That means you only have to complete eight courses to earn your certificate.

Application Deadlines

Spring: Oct. 1

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  • <blockquote class="quote-block--simple"> <p> “The nursing department has a really nice facility. You can practice procedures on many of the manikins. In the simulation lab, they throw you into a scenario and teach you what you would need to do for the patient in that scenario.”</p> <p class="blockquote-author"><strong><a href="/iamangelo/marcus.php">Marcus Jasso</a></strong>, Class of 2024, Nursing</p> </blockquote>
  • <blockquote class="quote-block--simple"> <p> “My nursing degree launched me on this journey, and that education has made everything else possible.”</p> <p class="blockquote-author"><strong>Tracie Watkins</strong>, CEO, Shannon Rehabilitation Hospital, San Angelo | Classes of 2002 and 2020</p> </blockquote>
  • <blockquote class="quote-block--simple"> <p> “There is more one-on-one with your professors. I was able to succeed in most of my classes because I was able to talk to my professors.”</p> <p class="blockquote-author"><strong><a href="/iamangelo/marcus.php">Marcus Jasso</a></strong>, Class of 2024, Nursing</p> </blockquote>
  • <blockquote class="quote-block--simple"> <p> “The simulation labs in the Health and Human Services Building have really helped. The mannequins are awesome—they can do everything. You go in there, you’re thrown into a situation, and things change. It’s really good critical-thinking training, to see where you lack, and where your strong points are.”</p> <p class="blockquote-author"><strong>Beatrice Perez</strong>, Class of 2019, Nursing</p> </blockquote>
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Certificate Program Courses

  • NUR 6201: Advanced Skills for Advanced Practice Nurses 
  • NUR 6325: Family Primary Care I 
  • NUR 6326: Family Primary Care II 
  • NUR 6327: Family Primary Care I Practicum 
  • NUR 6336: Family Primary Care II Practicum 
  • NUR 6339: Population Health and Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing 
  • NUR 6351: Mental Health Concepts for Advanced Practice Nurses 
  • NUR 6537: Integrated Clinical Practice: FNP 

Total credit hours: 25

*Each course must be completed with a grade of B or better to earn the certificate. All courses must be completed in residence.

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