Graduates are eligible to sit for national certification. The Family Primary Care track is designed to prepare students as nurse practitioners in the primary care of individuals and families. Primary care is defined as comprehensive and continuous care that includes those services necessary for health promotion, prevention of disease and disability and health maintenance. Graduates are prepared for independent and collaborative decision-making in disease prevention, health promotion and maintenance. Students will have the opportunity to develop the nurse practitioner role in primary care settings in under-served areas and community based settings.
Students are eligible to sit for national certification.
The purpose of graduate education in nursing is to prepare professional leaders with specialized knowledge and skills to meet the nation's needs in clinical practice, nursing administration, and nursing education. The program's aim is to prepare nurses to practice at an advanced level in nursing in the functional roles of either nurse educator, administrator, or clinician which includes clinical nurse specialist or family nurse practitioner. General courses are available on the Bismarck or Fargo Campus. The graduate program is targeted to prepare clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, nurse educators, and nurse administrators. The focus of the graduate nursing program is based on scientific knowledge of nursing practice and education through research.