About the Family Nurse Practitioner Degree
Why Pursue an Online FNP Degree at Cedarville?
Are you ready to take the next step in your career as an advanced practice nurse who leads with excellence and serves with Christian compassion?
Cedarville's Christian MSN or DNP Family Nurse Practitioner program will prepare you to provide primary care across the human lifespan and use nursing as a ministry for Jesus Christ. Our affordable, accredited, and online nurse practitioner program includes assessment, diagnosis, management, and treatment of common acute and chronic health problems, health promotion, client and family education, and use of evidence-based practice for meeting the needs for primary care and prevention. The biblically integrated coursework will influence the care you provide as an advanced practice nurse.
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A limited number of $5,000 scholarships are now available to new graduate nursing students with financial need. Apply now to see if you qualify!
Top 5 in Ohio
U.S. News & World Report listed Cedarville University’s online graduate nursing program in the top 100 programs nationally and top 5 in Ohio.
For more information related to our MSN and DNP degree programs, visit our Insights Blog where you can read interesting posts like Balancing Job, Family, and Grad School: 5 Principles for Christian Nurses.
What Sets Cedarville Apart?
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Biblical Worldview
All courses are built on the solid foundation of Scripture. -
Advanced Practice
Cedarville's M.S.N. will equip you with the training and skills you need to serve as an advanced practice nurse. -
Online
All MSN and DNP courses are offered in an online format, with flexible part-time and full-time completion options.
Program Overview
Program Format and Related Programs
Cedarville offers both graduate and undergraduate programs, with flexible completion options. You may also want to consider these related programs as you consider the degree or program that is a best fit for you.
Related Programs
Program Level and Format
- Graduate
- Online
Program Contacts
Kim Higginbotham, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHS
Associate Dean, Director of Graduate Nursing Programs, PNP Area of Focus CoordinatorContact
- HSC 318 A
- 937-766-3208
Cliff Fawcett, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, MED
Coordinator of the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) focus area, Associate Professor of NursingContact
- HSC 324
- 937-766-7725
Program News
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Cedarville Grad Develops Skills, Writes Grant in Nurse Practitioner Fellowship
Nurse practitioner fellowships are rare. Cedarville graduate Andrea (VanMeter) Roberts, however, landed an internal medicine nurse practitioner fellowship with Marshall Health Internal Medicine in Huntington, West Virginia, that led to her securing a position in endocrinology at Rivers Health in Gallipolis, Ohio — her hometown. -
Cedarville Offers New MSN and DNP Concentration
In an effort to stay ahead of the rapidly changing needs in health care, Cedarville University’s School of Nursing is offering the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) for its Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degrees.