MSN/Family Nurse Practitioner

   MSN/Family Nurse Practitioner
Mission:  To develop diverse lifelong learners grounded in caring science and prepared to be innovative leaders in a dynamic healthcare system.

US University’s MSN/FNP program is designed for nurses who hold a bachelor’s degree and seek the continuing education required for obtaining a license to practice in conjunction with a physician. The degree can be completed within 24 months and includes a mix of coursework and clinical practice hours that you arrange to complement your academic studies.

Throughout the course of your studies you will focus on developing the skills needed to assume the interrelated roles of a Nurse Practitioner: clinician, teacher, researcher, advocate, consultant, change agent, collaborator, and leader/manager of systems.

Program features include:

Complete your program in 24 months
Geographic flexibility: complete clinical hours in the location of your choice
Choose your own focus with your unique Family Health Project
Federal financial aid available to qualified students
Course Delivery:

The College of Nursing has implemented new instructional strategies to provide an interactive, engaged curriculum for our face-to-face students using a hybrid model. Courses will utilize real-time face-to-face instruction, supplemented with face-to-face instruction via web conference, phone conference, and/or live chats with fellow students and faculty.  Students may work as teams with peers and mentors, participate in demonstrations, interact with computer-simulated patients, and actively examine case studies.  Courses will include online and face-to-face lectures, discussions, social networking, viewing video’s, examining evidence, readings, and/or other activities needed to prepare for class.

Nurse Practitioner Practice

Program Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate the ability to effectively engage in collaborative caring intra and inter-disciplinary relationships in the conduct of advanced nursing practice.
Demonstrate leadership and effective management strategies for advanced nursing practice in a culture of caring, including proficiency in the use of information technology/technology resources to support practice and to ensure continuity of patient care.
Synthesize concepts and theories from nursing and related disciplines to develop and integrate new approaches for nursing practice of the whole/healthy human being
Design and implement advocacy strategies that address healthcare policies and issues of social justice and equity in healthcare
Analyze socio-cultural, spiritual, ethical, economic, and political issues to improve healthcare outcomes and decrease healthcare costs.
Apply the process of scientific inquiry to validate and contribute knowledge relevant to improving healthcare outcomes within a dynamic healthcare environment.
Provide leadership in a dynamic high tech environment with the knowledge to optimize healthcare outcomes and decrease costs within populations.
Demonstrate expertise in a culture of caring and engage in critical dialogue with a vision for advanced nursing practice.
Application Deadline:
The MSN – FNP program has moved to a cohort model.  There are 2 admission cycles, Fall 1 and Spring 1.

Priority application deadline for Fall 1, 2015 admission is May 15, 2015
Final completed application deadline for Fall 1, 2015 is August 15, 2015
Priority application deadline for the Spring 1, 2016 cohort is October 30, 2015
Final completed application deadline for Spring 1, 2016 admission is December 15, 2015
A cohort may not run if a minimum number of students are not admitted.

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The Master of Science in Nursing at United States University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington DC 20036, 202-887-6791.

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