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Direct Entry for those with a B.A./B.S. in another academic discipline: M.S. in Nursing

Direct Entry for those with a B.A./B.S. in another academic discipline: M.S. in Nursing

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Thursday, August 8, 2013
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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The Direct Entry Program in Advanced Nursing Practice is designed to prepare individuals with a baccalaureate degree but without nursing backgrounds for the advanced practice nursing role,with the focus on family nurse practitioner.(FNP).The program begins each year in September and incorporates an innovative curriculum with  clinical experience especially designed for this group of students.The first 18 months of the program require full-time enrollment and the remainder of the program offers full or part-time enrollment based on work,clinical placement availability and scheduling.

Students are eligible to take the nursing licensure examination(NCLEX) at the end of the second fall semester after 18 months of full-time enrollment in courses. They must pass the exam for the designation of R.N. (registered nurse) before beginning the graduate primary care clinical sequence.Clinical rotations will provide students the experience they need before beginning the primary care sequence. The curriculum of the second portion of the program is the same FNP curriculum as for people with R.N.s (Registered Nurses).

Upon successful completion of the program, students will be awarded the M.S. degree but not a B.S.N. degree.  Graduates of this program will be prepared to take the Family Nurse Practitioner certification exam offered by the professional credentialing organization.