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Dec 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Master’s of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.)
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MSN Program Outcomes
Upon completion of the MSN program, the graduate nurse will:
- Analyze and integrate theories of nursing, education, leadership, and other sciences to guide professional role development and improve nursing practice across diverse settings.
- Provide organizational and system leadership that emphasizes the importance of professional accountability, ethical decision making, collaborative relationships, and protection of human dignity and diversity.
- Synthesize and apply the principles, methods, tools, performance measures, and standards related to quality and safety within the healthcare system.
- Contribute to nursing knowledge by applying current research outcomes within the practice setting: resolving practice problems; working as a change agent; and disseminating results.
- Integrate patient-care and communication technologies to improve delivery and enhance coordination of care.
- Analyze the impact of system policies on healthcare, participate in policy development, and use advocacy strategies to influence the quality of health care.
- Communicate, collaborate, and consult with clients and health professionals to manage and coordinate care as a member and leader of interprofessional teams.
- Integrate organizational, client-centered, and culturally appropriate concepts in the planning, delivery, management, and evaluation of evidence-based health promotion and population care.
- Demonstrate and integrate advanced nursing knowledge and relevant sciences into safe advanced nursing practice.
Program Requirements (33 credits)
Graduation Requirements
Students may receive a graduate degree only after meeting all of their program requirements. A cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or better is required by all programs for completion of a graduate degree. Transfer courses must be approved by the Academic Unit Head or Track Coordinator and the Graduate College.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Program Requirements (53 credits)
Graduation Requirements
- Students may receive a graduate degree only after meeting all of their program requirements.
- Completion of 53 total credit hours and 540 clinical hours.
- GPA 3.0 or better is required by all programs for completion of a graduate degree.
- A minimum of sixty-five (65) percent of the course work required to earn a graduate degree must be taken at Radford University.
- Transfer courses must be approved by the Track Coordinator and the Graduate College.
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