What is Clinical Placement?
Clinical placement is the required clinical education component of Carson-Newman’s Family Nurse Practitioner degree and Post-Master’s Certificate programs. Clinicals work in tandem with the classroom-based coursework to prepare you for your future as a Family Nurse Practitioner providing primary care in the field.
How Does This Benefit You?
The Carson-Newman Department of Nursing believes you are only as successful as your training, which is why we offer support in the clinical placement process. With this peace of mind, you can better focus on your studies and building competency.
"One of the things that jumped out to me was the fact that they help with placement for clinical. From my previous coworkers and friends who are current Nurse Practitioners, they did say that one of the biggest struggles was finding clinical sites. So, I jumped in and found a whole world that I never thought was possible."
- Allison Holbritter, Online Post-Master's FNP Student
How Many Clinical Hours are Required?
Carson-Newman’s Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP) degree*, and Post-Master’s Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate (PMC-FNP) program require three (3) clinical rotations in order to graduate, plus an additional 60 clinical hours for the NURS 507 Advanced Health Assessment course, totaling 780 clinical hours.
Required Family Nurse Practitioner MSN-Level Clinical Rotation Courses
Clinical placements and preceptors are provided for the following MSN-level Clinical Rotations:
NURS 531: Advanced Primary Nursing Care for Women (180 clinical hours)
NURS 535: Advanced Primary Nursing Care for Children and Adolescents (180 clinical hours)
NURS 537: Advanced Primary Nursing Care for Adults (120 clinical hours)
NURS 539: Advanced Primary Care (240 clinical hours)
*Clinical placements and preceptors are not provided for the NURS 507 Advanced Health Assessment course (60 clinical hours).