Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

The MSN FNP program is fully accredited and the graduate is eligible to sit for the national FNP credentialing exam with either the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

Planning is underway to transition the curriculum to address the 2021 AACN The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education.

The Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner graduate will achieve the following outcomes:

Advanced Clinical Practice: The MSN FNP graduate will demonstrate and apply the knowledge, skill, and judgment to independently provide direct patient care that incorporates assessment, diagnosis, and treatment across the life span (geriatrics, adult, women’s, and pediatrics) within a variety of settings.
Evidence-Based Practice: The graduate will synthesize the evidence-based practice guidelines, critical thinking, and reflection to provide appropriate care as the foundation to practice.
Transformational Leadership: The graduate will demonstrate transformational leadership in the nursing profession.
Professionalism/Ethics: The graduate will practice as an independent provider ethically bound to operate within the guidelines, standards, and scope of practice.
Quality Improvement and Safety: The graduate will integrate current evidence to improve the quality of clinical practice and promote safe care.
Health Care Informatics: The graduate will incorporate knowledge of clinical decision support tools to assist in charting, decision making, research, and scholarship.
Health Policy and Advocacy: The graduate will appraise the interdependence of health policy to act as an advocate of policy that promotes access to care, equity, and cost efficacy.
Inter-professional Collaboration: The graduate will practice collaboratively with other professionals in the health care system.
Transcultural Care: The graduate will maximize the client’s health and wellbeing within the parameters of the client’s own cultural traditions and beliefs.

Adult-Gero Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP)

The Adult-Gero Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) track is an option track of the MSN program that prepares the successful graduate to sit for the national board exam for the AGACNP credential required for licensure. This track focuses on the role, function, and utilization of the Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in providing acute care for the adult and gerontologic patient populations.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

The Master of Science in Nursing Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner graduate will achieve the following outcomes:

1. Advanced Clinical Practice