Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP)

The mission of the Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP) is to develop Advanced Practice Nurses who provide holistic, relationship-centered care to individuals, families, and/or groups/populations. Graduates bring integrative approaches to practice as master clinicians, effective leaders, and life-long learners. Graduates are prepared to:

1. integrate multiple sources of knowledge, including knowledge from the nursing sciences and humanities to guide the design, delivery, and evaluation of advanced nursing care across diverse populations;
2. will apply quality improvement models to promote professional organizations focused on safe patient-centered care.
3. develop, implement, and evaluate health care delivery models in primary care to ensure safety and accountability and promote improved outcomes;
4. utilize leadership skills, applying business and economic principles and practices to enhance care delivery and outcomes;
5. participate in the development, implementation and advocacy of policies that improve health outcomes;
6. graduates will lead inter-professional collaborative teams to improve patient and population health outcomes;
7. engage in self-development (self-reflection, self-assessment, self-care) to promote improved outcomes for self and others;
8. will synthesize concepts of clinical prevention for promoting health and reducing risk and illness;
9. assess, manage, and evaluate patients, families, and groups/populations using integrative approaches at the highest independent level of clinical nursing practice.