MSN - Family Nurse Practitioner

1. Strong University guidance. Herzing goes above and beyond to help you find a clinical site. Our Clinical Guidance Process, backed by the Herzing MSN Clinical Placement Pledge, ensures you can secure clinical placement as part of the MSN-FNP program.

2. You will be ready. Our program includes a Clinical Readiness Course to prepare you for success in the practicum of your clinical experiences during your time here at Herzing University. 

3. Interdisciplinary opportunities. Exposure to diverse patient care environments makes you a better, more prepared nurse practitioner. Our priority is your experience to build upon in your new career—the Herzing FNP program requires a minimum of 100 patient encounters and 135 clinical hours in your clinical courses as part of the 585-hour requirement to ensure you see a variety of patients. You will earn personalized, valuable clinical experience with a more profound background treating patients of many ages across the lifespan, including times of wellness and illness.

4. Flexible scheduling. Fitting clinical hours into an already hectic life can be a challenge. In collaboration with your clinical preceptor, you will identify a schedule that works best for you.

5. We treat you like a professional. You are a student—but in a clinical setting, you are accountable to a licensed healthcare provider and their patients. Therefore, from, therefore, from enrollment to completion, we treat you like the nursing professional you are working hard to become.

• Hold a current, active, and unrestricted license as a registered nurse (RN) in the same state where they live.  (Note: Holding a multi-state, compact state license and being a resident in a compact license state will be deemed to have met this requirement.)

• Hold a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from an accredited university or college with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

20 hours per week