Pursue a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Master’s Degree

At Widener, you'll advance your nursing career as you complete flexible courses and partner with powerhouse faculty. 

Prepare to deliver high-quality primary care to individuals across the lifespan with a powerful, personal master of science in nursing (MSN) FNP degree. Here's what's in store for you. 

  • Relationships with faculty mentors: Build a network of leading nurses, top scholars, and accomplished faculty who are invested in your success.
  • Diverse patient care experiences: Practice at the region’s top health care facilities and systems, as well as an on-campus simulation and testing center.
  • Flexible format: Take classes online, with only one in-person health assessment course required.

 

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Clinical Experience with Real-World Value

Prepare to provide advanced care in a variety of settings to individuals across the lifespan. You’ll explore the possibilities through patient care experiences at the region’s top health care facilities and systems. On campus, you’ll tackle real-world scenarios in a state-of-the-art simulation and testing center.  

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Faculty Who Mentor You

Widener faculty are seasoned professionals who are always happy to share their expertise. You’ll graduate with a team of professors, scholars, and practitioners by your side. 

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An Education That Adapts to You

Planning to work while you study? Pursue your degree part-time. Want to study full-time? You can do that, too. Either way, you'll take online classes with only one on-campus health assessment course required, in addition to a clinical practica that can be completed in your state of residence.

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Take Two Steps Forward—Pursue a DNP

A Doctor of Nursing Practice—the terminal degree in the nursing profession—will prepare you to work as an advanced practice nurse who delivers the highest level of quality care. And in Widener's program, you don't need an MSN to enroll. 

Accelerate your path to the top of the field by going straight from an RN to a DNP. Most RN-DNP students earn their doctorate in 10 fewer credits than those who separately earn a MSN and a DNP. 

Your Inside Track to Success

By building a strong professional network and gaining extensive patient care experience before you even graduate, you'll launch your career as a nurse practitioner ready to provide cutting-edge care.

Outlook & Outcomes

Potential Careers

  • Primary care nurse practitioner
  • Family practice nurse practitioner
  • Nurse educator

Take the Next Step

Get admissions info and discover how a Widener degree will elevate your health care career.

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