Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Program
- Web-based curriculum
- Weekend sessions at the Pomona, California campus twice per semester
- Clinical training in your own community under the supervision of an approved preceptor
Western University's Post-Master Family Nurse Practitioner program is for nursing professionals who have an MSN. Full-time students complete the program in one year. Part-time tracks are also available.
To provide maximum scheduling and pacing flexibility while eliminating the need to commute daily to campus, the College of Graduate Nursing uses a combination of self-directed learning activities, collaborative projects, and intensive weekend seminars.
Self-Directed Learning Activities
The World Wide Web provides a unique opportunity to offer students individualized learning experiences that would be impossible through other media. Online discussion forums and e-mail also provide important lines of communication and support among distance learners, faculty, and other program personnel.
Weekend Seminars
Twice during each semester, students are required to convene on campus for an intensive weekend of instruction. The weekend seminars provide an opportunity for faculty-student interaction, didactic instruction and demonstrations, student presentations, group project work, and clinical training and testing. The weekend of study begins on Friday morning and ends on Sunday.
Preceptored Clinical Experiences
A clinical component is scheduled during each semester to provide students with an opportunity to apply their learning in the clinical work setting. Students are supervised by a local preceptor who is responsible for assuring that the student is provided with adequate and appropriate learning experiences as close to home as possible. This partnership between the academic and clinical settings not only results in a well prepared family nurse practitioner, but positions the student for employment opportunities as they arise.
Student Assessment
Student performance in each module is assessed through a combination of seminar participation, written and oral presentations, and objective examination.
* Courses not charged tuition but subject to clinical fee
For more information on the Post-Master Family Nurse Practitioner Program, please contact Dr. Diana Lithgow by email at dlithgow@westernu.edu. |