As an FNP, you’ll be an integral part of medical teams and have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of patient demographics. Your experience working in the healthcare field coupled with the advanced knowledge gained in the FNP program will create positions with more responsibility, fantastic job security, and higher salaries. Becoming an FNP will allow you to take on additional duties usually left to physicians, including:
- Taking a patient’s history
- Performing a physical exam
- Ordering lab tests and procedures
- Diagnosing, treating, and managing diseases
- Writing prescriptions
- Coordinating referrals
- Disease prevention
- Promotion of healthy lifestyles
Those who have gone on to earn an MSN in the Family Nurse Practitioner concentration can find themselves working in all kinds of nurse practitioner roles including:
- Pediatric
- Neonatal
- Oncological
- Geriatric or gerontological
- Chronic pain
- Clinical nurse specialist
- Nurse advocate
- Nurse case manager
And this list continues to grow every day!
As the growing regional and national demand for healthcare professionals continues, advanced practice nurses are needed now more than ever to address critical shortages of primary care providers.
People who have earned an MSN in the Nursing Education concentration can go on and find themselves mentoring and teaching in all kinds of environments including:
- Colleges
- Universities
- Hospital-based schools of nursing
- Technical colleges
- Hospitals
Whether you’re teaching students in an academic setting or helping onboard new nurses at a hospital, the skills and knowledge you’ll gain in this program are vital to the growth and improvement of healthcare in our region and beyond.
Upon your graduation from this program, you’ll be fully prepared to:
- Design curriculum that incorporates cutting edge, evidence-based research and practice
- Use teaching theory and pedagogy that involve and engage students
- Assess and evaluate the learning that takes place in your classroom
- Stay current with new trends and developments in the field
- Train new employees
- Provide support for patient care team
With exponential expected growth and competitive salaries, the careers available with an MSN Nursing Education concentration are bound to be both fulfilling personally and professionally.
Nurses who have earned an MSN in the Leadership & Systems Innovation concentration can go on and find themselves working in all kinds of roles including:
- Nurse executive
- Quality improvement manager
- Clinical nurse leader
- Ambulatory care manager
- Hospital unit manager
- Charge nurse
- Project director
- Health policy specialist
- Nurse manager/supervisor
- Director of nursing
Just to name a few!
Upon graduation from this program, you’ll have all kinds of skills to help better your team and improve patient care. You’ll be prepared to:
- Provide leadership to a team of nurses
- Develop an acute focus on patient care
- Ensure services meet regulations
- Motivate your nursing staff
- Help departments run smoothly
With expected growth and stability within the job market for MSN graduates, opportunities for fulfilling and securing work are exceptional with an MSN in Leadership & Systems Innovation.