Family Nurse Practitioner
Earn Your Master of Science in Nursing with a specialization in Family Nurse Practitioner
The Master of Science in Nursing with a specialization in Family Nurse Practitioner degree program (MSN) at South University’s Savannah campus in Savannah, GA, is designed to develop and enhance the knowledge and skills of registered nurses. By earning their MSN degree, students can be prepared for advancing their nursing career and pursue becoming an Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP).
The MSN degree program focuses on advanced health science knowledge and skills to help students learn to deliver primary healthcare to individuals and families across the life span. The courses are offered online. The FNP specialization also places a strong emphasis on promoting health and positive health behaviors for a wide variety of patients. By being a part of this program, potential graduates can be prepared to seek work in a health care organization or an educational setting as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
Admission Requirements
Please see the South University academic catalog for program specific admissions requirements.Course Requirements
Outcomes
Graduates of the MSN in FNP will be able to:
- Synthesize theories and concepts from nursing and other disciplines for application in advanced nursing roles.
- Analyze current scientific research for application of findings to initiate change and to improve practice.
- Create comprehensive plans of action that address the health promotion and disease prevention needs of individual, family, and community populations.
- Formulate a plan for ongoing contributions to improvement of healthcare delivery and development of health policy in a cost-effective manner.
- Apply an ethical decision-making process in professional practice and an analysis of systems of healthcare.
- Model a professional leadership role that fosters improvement of healthcare and advocates scholarly activities to advance self and profession.
- Employ informatics and technology in various aspects of the advanced nursing leadership role.
- Practice within ethical-legal guidelines, professional policies and regulations, and standards of practice associated with a specialty area of advanced nursing practice.
Graduates of MSN program will be able to:
- Synthesize theories and concepts from nursing and other disciplines for application in advanced nursing roles.
- Analyze current scientific research for application of findings to initiate change and to improve practice.
- Create comprehensive plans of action that address the health promotion and disease prevention needs of individual, family, and community populations.
- Formulate a plan for ongoing contributions to improvement of healthcare delivery and development of health policy in a cost-effective manner.
- Apply an ethical decision-making process in professional practice and an analysis of systems of healthcare.
- Model a professional leadership role that fosters improvement of healthcare and advocates scholarly activities to advance self and profession.
- Employ informatics and technology in various aspects of the advanced nursing leadership role.
- Practice within ethical-legal guidelines, professional policies and regulations, and standards of practice associated with a specialty area of advanced nursing practice.
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