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A flexible, personalized approach:
Students may attend the program full-time or
part-time. The FNP program promotes close faculty-student and
student-student relationships with individualized approach to
learning. Classes are scheduled only 3-4 times a semester on
evenings and weekends.
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Diverse and talented students:
The FNP Program has a consistent record of
attracting diverse and talented students, many coming with extensive
personal and/or professional experience in rural areas.
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Faculty committed to excellence:
All faculty teaching courses in the FNP
specialization are board certified, maintain active clinical
practices, have doctorates, and participate in a variety of clinical
research projects.
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Rural primary care emphasis:
The FNP Program is one of the few programs
focused specifically on preparing FNPs for practice in rural and
frontier settings.
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Variety of clinical experiences available:
Students in the FNP Program have the
opportunity to work with faculty and preceptors in a variety of
clinical placements, including private clinics, public health
offices, family planning clinics, independent nurse practitioner
clinics, Indian Health Services, the VA, etc.
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Clinical performance based evaluation:
Students in the FNP Program have the
opportunity to learn and be evaluated based on strong clinical
performance based measures, including standardized patients and
problem-based learning cases.
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