Utica College will soon begin offering an online master of science in nursing (MSN) family nurse practitioner (FNP) program. The online program incorporates a research-based curriculum with practicums taught by expert faculty. The FNP program is designed for registered nurses who have at least 2,000 hours of work experience and meet other admission requirements. It includes a mandatory two-day immersion on the Utica campus, as well as clinical practicum hours at an approved facility.

Upon completing this program, family nurse practitioners are prepared to provide advanced healthcare, diagnose and treat patients, conduct scientific research, and establish healthcare programs that better the community. Faculty members have abundant teaching experience and many collective years working in the healthcare industry. Graduates of this online FNP program are prepared for national certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Certification Board (AANP).

The Utica College Master of Science in Nursing – Family Nurse Practitioner Program

The Utica College online family nurse practitioner program consists of 48 credits including 720 clinical practicum hours. This program is offered full-time (20 months) or part-time (32 months). Students have up to six years to complete the program. Prerequisites to the FNP program include a three-credit statistics course and a bachelor’s-level health assessment course with a grade of B or higher.

The program encompasses 17 core credits and 31 FNP-specific credits. Core courses include quality improvement and safety in health care, organizational leadership and role development of the advanced practice nurse; epidemiology and population health; nursing research and evidence based practice; health policy and advocacy; and statistical analysis and scholarly inquiry.

FNP-specific courses include advanced pharmacology I and II; advanced pathophysiology; advanced health assessment and diagnostic reasoning I and II; health promotion and primary care I, II and III; and an NP culminating seminar.

Also included is a two-day immersion experience at the Utica campus — located in Utica, New York — which provides students with hands-on experiences in CXR interpretation, gender examinations, taking comprehensive histories and doing physical exams, suturing, and orthopedic splinting, among other topics. Finally, students must complete a 720-hour practicum experience at an approved site, which students plan with the school’s coordination team during the immersion experience.

Applicants to the program must be registered nurses with an unencumbered license with 2,000 hours work experience and a BSN with a 3.0 or greater GPA. No GRE is required. Interested professionals should contact the admissions department of Utica College for details about the start date of the program. At this time, Utica College is only able to offer the MSN family nurse practitioner online degree to residents of Vermont and Massachusetts.

About OnlineFNPPrograms.com: OnlineFNPPrograms.com was created to provide nursing students with a comprehensive and unbiased resource on online graduate nursing programs with a family nurse practitioner (FNP) specialization. For nursing students who are considering pursuing their Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) online, we have all the information needed to make an informed decision about an online FNP program. Through extensive research, we are creating the only website with a comprehensive list of accredited online MSN- and DNP-FNP programs, complete with program details, admission requirements, tuition costs, and more. OnlineFNPPrograms.com also provides useful information on eligibility requirements for online FNP programs and specific graduation requirements that include clinical internships and campus visits.

In order to obtain licensure to work as an FNP in one’s state of residence, one must complete an FNP program that has been accredited by either the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). Online FNP programs must meet the same rigorous accreditation standards as on-campus programs. On OnlineFNPPrograms.com, we only list online FNP programs accredited by either the CCNE or ACEN.

About Family Nurse Practitioners

Nurse practitioners are advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who have received graduate-level training in patient treatment, diagnosis, and evaluation. Family nurse practitioners (FNPs) provide long term health care to patients of all ages by performing physical examinations, diagnosing health conditions, developing treatment plans, and monitoring patient health. Nurse practitioners can also specialize in acute care, pediatric primary care, adult primary care, and adult-gerontology acute care. Nurse practitioners, along with nurse midwives and nurse anesthetists (two other types of APRNs), are expected to experience a 31 percent growth in employment between 2014 and 2024, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov), which is over four times greater than the national average for job growth across all professions surveyed by bls.gov (seven percent).

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Overview of Online Family Nurse Practitioner Programs

While both on campus and online nursing programs must abide by certain criteria in order to achieve accreditation by CCNE or ACEN, there is at present no set standard for what can be called an online program. Based on data from the CCNE and ACEN websites, there are over 510 universities with master’s-level nursing programs in the United States. Based on our research, we have identified over 60 universities that offer online FNP programs.

On OnlineFNPPrograms.com, we classify any program that requires three or fewer visits to the campus per year as an online program. We categorize programs that require more than three visits per year to the campus as hybrid programs, and do not include them on the site at this time. Programs that require multiple visits to the campus per year are more designed for students who live close to a university and want the flexibility of online education.

Utica College Fnp Program Reviews

•  60 Reviews
•  Utica (NY)
• Annual Tuition: $22,110

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STUDENT & GRADUATE REVIEWS

Barbara

• Reviewed: 10/8/2021
• Degree: Nursing

“This is the biggest joke of a nursing school. They treat the students like absolute shit, do not offer ANY resources aside from the online ebook. Your exams will NEVER match the blueprints they offer to study. And they do not value the mental health of their students at all rather brush it off and say “that’s how nursing school it” Professors tell students “maybe you are not cut out for the program” rather than giving support when you reach out for additional help. The only lectures you got is the ones on YouTube. I can not like Victoria Schad/ Nelson are the only good professors this college has. They will NEVER show you your exam grades or the exam questions to review so you’ll never know how well/poor you actually did. They are a big scam of a program. Save yourself and your mental health. They will make you fail classes over 1 point and retake for 3500$. I would never have went to this program had I known what it entailed. This is not an angry student with a bad experience- EVERYONE feels this way. The positive reviews are NOT from their ABSN program.”Lins B.

• Reviewed: 10/6/2021
• Degree: Nursing

“Ok, I waited to write this post because this school exhausted me both mentally, emotionally, and financially. Disclaimer: Nursing is hard. You better be willing to put in the work but this school is something different. This is a joke of a nursing school. It is what you call a scam. Many people are hopeful about getting into nursing school after putting in the work with prerequisites and getting a bachelor’s. It is also very saturated in my area specifically (also many people from long island are targeted FYI). I was looking into a school that was fast as I wanted to progress in my career as quickly as possible. Let’s talk about this bootleg school: -There is an admission counselor(Mark was mine) that will literally call you every day to walk you through the process of getting your money, essentially. At first, I was like what a great school, that really cares about its students and wants you to grow. It’s kinda like being around a narcissist, it is all smokes and mirrors after you realize what you are getting yourself into. -Also many of the students in my cohort moved to Liverpool for this program. So not only does this school rob you of your tuition, now you have to move to this far away land and pay for rent where they do not teach anything relevant. -There are no textbooks, they only have ebooks which are very straining for your eyes with the amount of bs work that the school gives. -This program claims to be hybrid. It is basically an online program, to be honest. Professors DO NOT CARE. Some of these people literally have so much family stuff going on in their personal lives and bring that into a classroom setting or into the live zoom class. Some of these professors are VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. There are professors that have emailed back after 2-3 weeks which literally blows my mind even now. There was like maybe one professor that cared named Prof. Nelson. The department head is a joke. She does not care if you pass or fail or both. -Tests are monitored and recorded. The test questions do not have anything to do with modules, recordings, textbooks, old NCLEX questions or labs. There are no reviews. Tutoring is no help. I have attended many tutor sessions. They hire this random person from another state that literally goes over old NCLEX questions from her own notes which like never shows up on a test. -There are these random zoom labs, a waste of your 3 hours because you break out into a group and pretty much answer questions by yourself or a group. There are these vsims that are graded for less than 10% of your grade. The whole class just looks pissed to be there because it is waste of time. One of the classes is health assessment the exams are worth 75% of the letter grade based on 3 exams; so pretty you can not do badly on exams at all. There are is no form of direction and they make the tests so hard. I can go on and on with all the jacked-up things this school has put me through. This horrible, horrendous and disgusting institution of a school should be SHUT DOWN and should not be accredited by any means. I guess if you are naturally a good test taker, you should go here but if you are trying to really learn, please do not come here. RUN. Go to a real nursing school that actually teaches you something and you can help a patient. This school is scam. They will make you drop a class and then have you stay a whole semester to retake one or two classes. You will waste not only your MONEY but your TIME. Whoever runs this money-making institution they call ABSN and I hope you are reading this, I wish you all the worst in life and I wish you all the energy and pain that you have given for these last few months. May you reap what you sow, genuinely from robbing people of their money…”Sam

• Reviewed: 7/29/2021
• Degree: Nursing

“I didn’t believe other reviews before getting into this program. Everything is online. No one teach you in this program. Professor are horrible they don’t even know some stuff from book. They get confuse with some type of questions. It is true Professor just read email and don’t reply that often. Assignments are useless and books are online too.”Student

• Reviewed: 7/12/2021
• Degree: Nursing

“I attended Utica College ABSN program in Syracuse. The only classes that were in person were the labs 1-2 days/week. Clinical rotations were also in person at local hospitals. As for the rest of the classes, they were quite literally “read pages 700-900 in the book by Friday.” There are no lectures and there is no one actually teaching the courses. There are resources like some videos and tutoring sessions, but a majority of the time these are not helpful. Some of the “videos” were teachers driving in their cars with children screaming in the back. With some of tutoring sessions that were online, an instructor did not show up 3/10 times. The tutoring sessions in person are only able to accommodate 5-10 people at a time. The program is incredibly unorganized and you are lucky if anyone answers an email. It can be hard having professors from Florida while you are sitting in NYS. With this said, all of the clinical instructors and lab teachers are amazing. They are so intelligent, animated, and are truly dedicated to help you learn. In addition to this, although there are issues with the program, I felt highly prepared to work in a hospital nursing setting. Compared to other nurse counterparts who have also just graduated from other programs, I feel as if I learned so much more material than them. Questions that these other graduates have are some of the questions I can immediately answer. I did feel prepared to take on a job. Along with this, the program offered many job fairs that were very helpful. The program made me so stressed and angry due to the layout and disorganization, but the lab instructors and the clinical instructors made it worth it.”Accelerated Nursing Program at Utica College

• Reviewed: 5/4/2020
• Degree: Nursing

“This program is absolutely HORRIBLE! I spent almost $30,000 per semester to teach myself everything. The program follows a hybrid curriculum, yet there is NO actual content provided on the assigned chapters of study. Everything is self guided. No online lectures are provided, only a learning guide to correspond with the textbook. Course live session have been discontinued because students did not show up. Live sessions are recorded so that students can view them later. Otherwise, no aide or learning materials are provided unless students inquire. Clinical director WILL NOT work with you and WILL NOT care on how far you have to drive even though they can. IF YOU ARE REALLY WANT TO LEARN AND BECOME A GOOD NURSE, THEN THIS PROGRAM IS DEFINITELY NOT FOR YOU.”Nicole

• Reviewed: 4/11/2020
• Degree: Construction Management

“I love this school! The people are very friendly/ welcoming and the staff is always there to help when you need it! The food is meh, but what can you expect they have to feed so many people every day. There are many opportunities to get involved. I am a member of multiple clubs and the track team. College is what you make it, so make the most of it! Construction management is an awesome major and the faculty and staff are incredible! I feel like I am prepared and ready to go into the workforce!”