Online DNP
Family Nurse Practitioner
Overview
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Why choose Bradley for your online DNP-FNP degree?
Bradley's online BSN to DNP-FNP program has been designed for BSN credentialed nurses that have a current nursing license and nursing GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4-point scale.
At the completion of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Family Nurse Practitioner program, the graduate can:
- Synthesize knowledge gained from the humanities, the social sciences, the sciences, and mathematics as the base for advanced professional nursing.
- Select and implement appropriate advanced concepts, principles, and theories necessary for application in the delivery of quality health care.
- Synthesize and disseminate evidence to effect practice change that will contribute to the nursing profession and safe, cost-effective healthcare delivery.
- Provide leadership in the evaluation of healthcare information systems and patient care technology
- Demonstrate nursing leadership for outcome improvement through strategies for change in policy and practice guidelines.
- Collaborate as a member of the healthcare team to influence health care policy changes that will improve patient and population health outcomes.
- Foster change in healthcare practice that will improve the health and status of individuals and communities through the equitable and ethical distribution of resources
- Demonstrate advanced skills in physical assessment, pharmacology, and therapeutic nursing interventions in advance practice nursing.
- Provide the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling, disease management, palliative, and end of life care to clients across the lifespan.

Is an Online DNP Family Nurse Practitioner Track right for you?
With our 100 percent online BSN to DNP-FNP program, you can do more than discover your unique place within the profession. You can:
- Acquire the advanced practice skills to provide primary care for individuals and families
- Develop, evaluate and improve new practices and approaches to health care delivery.
- Lead the planning and implementation of innovative health care technologies.
- Prepare for advanced leadership roles in administration, teaching, research and patient care.
- Become eligible to take the AANP or ANCC certification exam.
Careers
As a nursing professional, you’ve been changing lives one patient at a time. Now you’re ready to continue in your education and gain the credentials to become a transformational leader in your field. Maybe it’s through providing higher levels of advanced care to the patients you’re already treating. Or perhaps you aspire to transition to a new role, such as manager, instructor, or lobbyist.
Whatever your goal, earning an online Doctor of Nursing Practice from Bradley University can get you one step closer to achieving it. Our innovative program is designed for nurses like you who aspire to grow in their careers and make a greater impact in their communities. We can help prepare you to:
- Qualify for advanced roles as a leader in health care administration, education, or policy
- Serve as an advocate and mentor for other nurses
- Work as an educator to teach the nurses of tomorrow
- Fill a void in health care for doctorate-prepared nurse leaders to help advance nursing as a profession
Bradley’s DNP program offers four tracks — Leadership, Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult Gerontology Acute and Primary Care, and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner — which means you can focus your studies in the area where you hope to make the biggest difference.
Continue reading to learn more about the industry outlook and some of the opportunities you can pursue when you earn your Bradley degree.
What's your growth potential?
One of the primary benefits of earning your online DNP is the diversity of career options you’ll be able to pursue. Professionals with this degree work in a wide range of environments, including health care organizations, academic entities, government agencies, and private corporations.
Regardless of what path you choose, holding the terminal degree in your field can qualify you for higher earning potential. According to PayScale, the average salary for people holding a DNP is $112,000, compared to an average salary of $104,000 for individuals with an MSN and $95,000 for those with a BSN.
And if you choose to focus on the managerial side of health care, you might also qualify for roles with a higher salary. The median pay for medical and health services managers is $110,680, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Let’s take an in-depth look at a few of your career options:
Family Nurse Practitioner (DNP-FNP) related careers
Where can you work?
- Primary care
- Private homes
- Community clinics
- Health departments
- Schools
- Hospitals
- Long-term and short-term-care facilities
- Urgent care facilities
- Hospitals and medical clinics
Leadership (DNP-Leadership) related careers
Where can you work?
- Acute care hospitals
- Long-term care facilities
- Home health care agencies
- Academic institutions
- Advocacy groups
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (DNP-PMHNP) related careers
Where can you work?
- Hospitals
- Private practice
- Psychiatric and behavioral treatment clinics
- Corporations
- Residential treatment facilities
- Public health agencies
- Correctional facilities
Curriculum
Online DNP – Family Nurse Practitioner Courses
Admission Requirements
To be eligible for Bradley’s online BSN to DNP-FNP program, you must meet the following qualifications:
- BSN from a regionally accredited college or university and NLNAC-, ACEN-, or CCNE-accredited* nursing program.
- Proof of a current, unencumbered RN license
- You may be admitted unconditionally if you have achieved at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale in the last 60 semester hours of undergraduate coursework. If you have previous graduate coursework. Applicants with previous graduate coursework must have achieved a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale in all graduate coursework and have completed a minimum of 12 graduate credit hours for the graduate GPA to be considered for admission.
You must also submit the following:
- Completed online application
- Nonrefundable $40 application fee
- Official transcripts of academic credentials
- Two letters of recommendation
- Admission essay and portfolio
- Applicants in advanced practice programs must also include/discuss potential mentors for clinical experiences across the lifespan.
- CV/résumé
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