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MASTER
OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (MSN)
The Master of Science in Nursing Program includes:
Family Nurse Practitioner
track (FNP)
FNP Curriculum Plan
(full-time)
FNP Curriculum Plan
(part-time)
Post
MSN-FNP Certificate Program
Community Health
& Education track (CHE)
CHE
Curriculum Plan (full-time)
CHE Curriculum Plan (part-time)
RN-MSN
RN-MSN Transition Sequence Fact Sheet
RN-MSN Curriculum Plan
MSN Interviews
Applicants must complete the MSN Interview process prior
to admission to the MSN Program.
- Individuals making application to the FNP and
CHE track must be interviewed no later than April
29th.
- Individuals making application to the RN-MSN
Transition Sequence must be interviewed no later
than August 5th.
- When applications exceed the number of positions
for incoming students a waiting list will be
established.
Applicants will be scheduled for one of the interview
dates listed below.
Summer 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Fall Semester 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Spring Semester 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
MSN Orientation
Once admitted to the MSN Program, all students must
attend a mandatory Graduate Orientation. See the
following dates for 2008/09.
Summer 2008
Orientation for the FNP and CHE cohort groups will
be May 14, 2008
Fall Semester 2008
Orientation for the RN-MSN Transition Sequence
cohort group will be August 19, 2008
The demand for advanced practice nurses (Family Nurse
Practitioners) who are independent and collaborate with
other health care professionals has grown in response to
increased primary care avenues, competitive markets and
increased public awareness of health promotion efforts. 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. The demand for
advanced practice nurses (Community Health & Education)
who are able to provide health care to aggregates, work
in specific nursing arenas (Education, Acute Care,
Administration, Community Health, Parish Nursing and
Occupational Health) has grown in response to community
based care and increased public awareness of health
promotion efforts. Graduate education builds upon knowledge and
competencies gained in baccalaureate education. Graduate
students use critical thinking, creativity, and problem
solving skills that require in-depth nursing knowledge
and are prepared to coordinate health care programs
within complex systems in an era of healthcare reform.
The curriculum is based upon nursing and related
theories and the application of research findings to
clinical and administrative nursing issues. Graduate
students are also prepared for doctoral study in nursing
and continued personal and professional development.
The program is designed for part-time or full-time
study. Students complete their degree
requirements in two to five years.
Classes are offered using a hybrid model that includes
both classroom and web-based learning. Students
and faculty negotiate clinical sites with experienced
mentors.
ACCREDITATION
The Masters of Science in Nursing Program is accredited
by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- Meet general admission standards for graduate education
at the University of Saint Francis
- Hold a baccalaureate degree in nursing (ASN and
diploma graduates: see the
RN-MSN
Transition Sequence)
- Hold a current Indiana license as a registered nurse
- Have an undergraduate GPA of 3.20 on a four-point scale
- GRE is required if GPA is less than 3.0. A
minimum score of 400 on the verbal and 400 on the
quantitative must be achieved.
- Satisfactorily complete a graduate or undergraduate
statistics course within the past 5 years
- Submit a resumé or curriculum vitae
- Submit three (3) letters of reference
- Complete and submit the USF MSN Essay (Written Goals)
- Complete MSN Admission Interview (Personal Interview)
Prospective students who do not meet all of the above
criteria may be admitted provisionally. These graduate
students must earn a GPA of 3.20 in the first 6 hours of
graduate nursing core courses at USF for the student to
be fully admitted to the MSN program.
TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS:
Note: It is strongly recommended that students own
a computer that is no more than three years old and
should be a Windows based PC. Your computer should
meet the criteria as established by the University.
Contact Campus Computing for specifics on the USF
website
www.sf.edu/computing/. You will need to have the
following computer competencies prior to beginning the
MSN program: sending and receiving email, attaching a
file to an email message, navigating the web, using
Microsoft Word and Power Point and being aware of web
etiquette. Complete information about minimum
requirements to use Blackboard can be found at
http://www.sf.edu/blackboard/faq/faq.shtml
TRANSFER POLICIES
- One to nine (1-9) credits of graduate level
coursework may be transferred from an
accredited college or university.
- Post-Master's FNP students complete 39 credits of
coursework to obtain a post-MSN Family Nurse
Practitioner certificate.
- Nurse Practitioners who desire to expand their
area of practice to the Family Nurse Practitioner
specialty will be granted credit for comparable
coursework completed at an accredited college or
university and eligible to obtain a post-MSN Family
Nurse Practitioner certificate.
GOALS OF THE MSN PROGRAM
The graduate faculty members have prepared MSN Program
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. MSN 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.
CAREER CONNECTIONS
Graduates from the MSN program are prepared to pursue
doctoral study in nursing.
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