Purpose of Program

To prepare competent professional nurses who provide caring therapeutic interventions to meet the health needs of culturally diverse persons.

Mission Statement of Program

To be excellent driven, Christ-centered, people-focused, and future-directed while preparing qualified individuals for a career in the caring, therapeutic, and teaching profession of nursing.

Program Goals

The goals of the master program are:

1. To provide masters nursing education that builds on the baccalaureate undergraduate foundation.
2. To prepare the graduate for advanced professional nursing practice with specific functional and clinical abilities.
3. To prepare advanced practice nurses academically for doctoral study in nursing.

Expected Student Outcomes

The graduate of the master’s nursing program will be able to:

1. Incorporate theory and research in advanced practice nursing.
2. Assume leadership roles in one’s specialty area of nursing to promote health and well being of persons in an intercultural world.
3. Integrate knowledge of healthcare economics and policy into the delivery of cost effective, ethically responsible nursing care.
4. Manage information using technology to influence nursing practice.
5. Demonstrate competency in the selected nursing practice.