MASTER'S OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

For more than 20 years, SSU has been preparing graduate level nurses to respond to society's needs for professionals who influence the structure of emerging patterns of health care practice and delivery.

The curriculum includes a core of instruction with an emphasis on theoretical and conceptual foundations of nursing practice, research, professional issues and leadership. One option within the MSN curriculum offers specialization as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), with emphasis on advanced clinical primary care practice. A second option, Nursing Leadership and Management, prepares nurses for executive leadership functions and responsibilities and includes specialty focus in Nursing Administration, Education, or Clinical Nurse Leader.

Minimum qualifications to apply:

  1. RN, licensed in California
  2. BSN degree*
  3. Overall GPA of 3.0 in last 60 units
  4. College-level statistics course

    In addition to the above qualifications, FNP applicants must also have:
  5. College-level physiology course within the past 7 years (challenge mechanism available)
  6. Upper-division physical assessments course within the past 3 years
  7. Community health nursing course
  8. Two years' experience as an RN preferred

*For nurses with a bachelor's in another field, SSU's Pathways program must be completed before starting the MSN program.

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FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER

A post-Master's FNP Certificate program
is also available

LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
Administration
 Education
Clinical Nurse Leader

For non-RN's with a bachelor's degree:
Direct Entry Master's of Nursing Program

 

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