The Master of Science in Nursing program prepares professional nursing leaders in the advanced specialty areas of nursing administration, nursing education, and nurse practitioner specializations. These specialties can be practiced in a variety of health care delivery systems and educational settings. Graduate education is an intensive and analytic expansion of knowledge which enables the perception and development of new and more complex relationships.
Graduate education prepares students for advanced practice roles in a variety of settings.
The program also prepares the nurse to act as advocate, role model, liaison, and change agent for the nursing profession, the client, and the community. The nurse is able to represent and translate nursing among nurses, to other professionals, and to the community. Thus, the nurse is prepared to contribute to health promotion, disease prevention, and the advancement of the nursing profession both within professional and outside political organizations.