The study reported here describes the development and testing of a curriculum model to extend the role of public health nurses into community nurse practitioners (CNP). The content is presented in six chapters. The first chapter overviews the conceptual framework for the CNP role and then describes the three-course sequence comprising the CNP track of the master's program at the University of Texas School of Public Health. After briefly describing the program graduates, the next chapter presents the master's projects written by graduates, staff perceptions of the graduates as students, and the results of a program evaluation survey of graduates. Chapter 3 on community outcome analysis covers health needs and community change. The next chapter, which is the development of a community-oriented health record (recordkeeping system), discusses the development of forms (includes form samples) to facilitate community intervention and evaluation. The results of a preliminary study concerning the effect of a nine-month learning experience on students' attitudes toward working in the community and with community groups are reported in chapter 5. The last chapter summarizes the opinions of a panel of experts who reviewed the CNP program. Course descriptions for CNP seminars and the graduate evaluation questionnaire are appended. (EM)