The School of Nursing offers a program leading to the Master of Science degree. At present, the masters curriculum offers seven specialty areas:

• Advanced Adult Nursing
• Community Health Nursing
• Community Mental Health/Psychiatric Nursing
• Family
• Pediatric
• Women’s Health
• Gerontological Nursing for the Nurse Practitioner

Three functional role development areas are offered:

• Administration
• Education
• Nurse Practitioner in either Gerontological, Pediatric, Women’s Health or Family Nursing

The education area of role development prepares teachers for collegiate programs in associate or baccalaureate degree nursing education. The administration area of role development focuses on management of nursing positions in various service agency settings. The nurse practitioner tracts are designed to develop advanced practitioner skills in professional nurses who will be able to function in accordance with jointly promulgated medical and nursing protocols as specified by state law.

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