The Family Nurse Practitioner Program prepares nurses in advanced practice for clinical leadership and scholarship in community oriented primary care. The Health Care Systems Administration Program prepares the bachelors prepared practicing nurse to assume care management or administrative management positions. The purpose of this program is to prepare nurse specialists who can function in selected roles of nursing administration or education. The program is designed to develop nursing administrators or educators who can assume leadership roles and conduct independent research.
Graduates have the foundation for entering doctoral programs in nursing.
The Division of Nursing's Statewide Nursing Program began in 1981 with the goal of making higher education more accessible to employed registered nurses, thereby improving the quality of health care in California. The Master of Science in Nursing prepares professional nurses for advanced and specialized practice. The curriculum is organized around the role of the nurse in societal institutions with emphasis on the application of nursing theory. Small classes offer individual attention and support. Program enables the student to explore in depth a selected area of advanced practice nursing as a basis for leadership roles in clinical practice, teaching of nursing, adminstration of nursing or primary care.