MSN Concentrations

Advanced Clinical Nursing Concetration

Nursing: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, M.S.N.

These advanced practice registered nurses are prepared to function as Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (AGACNP).  Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners provide evidence-based care to acutely ill adults with urgent and emergent complex health issues and critically ill adults with life threatening, rapidly changing physiological and pathophysiological conditions.

Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner Across the Lifespan, M.S.N.

This concentration leads to a MSN with a concentration in Family Nurse Practitioner Across the Lifespan.  These Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) are prepared to function as Nurse Practitioners providing primary care to families across the lifespan.

Systems/ Population nursing concentration

Nursing: Nurse Administration, M.S.N.

This concentration prepares nurses for advanced practice in administrative roles such as Nurse Executive, Nurse Manager, Quality Improvement Manager, Ambulatory Care Manager or other system level nursing positions in community agencies, healthcare facilities, health departments and schools of nursing. This is a Distance Education Program.

Nursing: Community/ Public Health Nursing, M.S.N.

The Community/Public Health Nursing concentration prepares nurses to assume leadership in assessing  communities and populations, identifying high risk groups, and in partnership with communities, consumers, and stakeholders, developing culturally sensitive, acceptable and realistic community-based nursing services. This is a Distance Education Program.

Nursing: Nurse Educator, M.S.N.

This concentration focuses on preparing nurses for advanced roles as a Nurse Educator.  Graduates are prepared for positions teaching nursing in college, university, and clinical settings.  Two clinical practicum courses totaling 360 supervised hours are required. This is Distance Education Program.