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The Rudy School of Nursing and Health Professions online Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) program is designed to advance the professional nurse in the specialty of Nurse Educator Nurse Executive Leadership and Administration. Nursing education at the Masters level is intended to reflect the recommendations of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). The program’s development is built upon AACN’s nine Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing, recognized as the educational foundation for the nursing discipline. Congruent with AACN, our Master’s program prepares the professional nurse for leadership that is adaptable in a rapid changing, complex healthcare environment and to take critical action needed in health, educational, and organizational systems. A primary consideration for the Master’s program to be delivered online is to support the demands of students’ work, home, and school responsibilities.

Program Goals Include:

  1. To offer a Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) based in the liberal arts where the learning experience will continue to build upon the undergraduate’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing general educational core foundational concepts.
  2. To prepare a graduate nurse who demonstrates competent clinical skills and leadership qualities through the use of transfer of learning, critical thinking and decision-making.
  3. To provide opportunities for individuals with a B.S.N. and RN nursing license to further their educational preparation and scholarly endeavors.
  4. To graduate professional nurses who are responsive to the changing health care needs of society.

At the conclusion of the M.S.N. program of study, the graduate learner will be prepared to:

  1. Use critical thinking skills to plan and provide care for individuals, families, communities, and populations at risk based on the application of knowledge, evidence based practice (EBP), research from nursing science, behavioral science, and natural sciences as well as the humanities.
  2. Use the nursing process and evidence-based practice to design and implement care that promotes, maintains, and/or restores the optimal functioning of clients’ on the wellness-illness continuum in a variety of health care settings.
  3. Communicate effectively, using a variety of strategies and teaching/learning techniques in collaboration with the client, family caregiver, and interdisciplinary healthcare teams to promote optimum health outcomes.
  4. Advocate a standard of care integrating, principles of law, ethics, and recognizing cultural and spiritual diversity within the global marketplace.
  5. Practice nursing utilizing principles of information technology, health care policy and health care economics within regulatory environment.
  6. Demonstrate leadership for quality care and patient safety with emphasis on improved patient outcomes.
  7. Display a personal commitment to the advancement of professional nursing.

See the University Catalog for Master of Science in Nursing