Master of Science in Nursing
The Master of Science in Nursing degree prepares graduates for advanced practice. The Family Nurse Practitioner curriculum prepares professional nurses to function in advanced practice roles in primary care settings in order to provide holistic, comprehensive nursing care. Courses emphasize health promotion, health protection, and diagnosis and management of common acute and chronic illnesses of individuals, families, and the community. This track consists of 39-48 semester credits and 645 hours of clinical. The Family Nurse Practitioner Track prepares graduates to function in an advanced practice capacity.
The Master of Science in Nursing Program includes: Family Nurse Practitioner track (FNP).
The Family Nurse Practitioner track prepares professional nurses to function in advanced practice roles in primary care settings in order to provide holistic, comprehensive nursing care. Courses emphasize health promotion, health protection, and diagnosis and management of common acute and chronic illnesses of individuals, families, and the community. This track consists of 39-48 semester credits and 645 hours of clinical. The Family Nurse Practitioner Track prepares graduates to function in an advanced practice capacity.
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Curriculum Plans
Program Goals
The graduate faculty members have prepared Graduate Nursing Programs goals that flow from the mission and philosophy of the Department of Nursing and extend the baccalaureate concepts to an advanced level of nursing theory, research and practice. Graduate Nursing Programs graduates:
- Integrate holistic, comprehensive nursing care into advanced nursing for individuals, families, and communities in diverse settings.
- Integrate creative and critical thinking into advanced nursing.
- Synthesize theory and knowledge from the humanities, sciences, and nursing into advanced nursing.
- Demonstrate exemplary communication skills that support role competency in advanced nursing.
- Initiate responsive leadership, collaboration and management to influence advanced nursing and advance the profession of nursing.
- Assume responsibility for personal contributions to improve the delivery of health care and to influence health policy.
- Exemplify legal and ethical responsibility, accountability and role competency in advanced nursing.
- Support life-long learning and/or interest in doctoral nursing education.
- Appraise, use, and participate in the extension of nursing knowledge through scientific inquiry.