MSN Program Objectives

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

• elicit a comprehensive health history that includes an evaluation of the individual's development, maturation, coping ability, activities of daily living, physiological functioning and emotional and social well being.
• perform a complete physical examination of adults, children or pregnant women.
• order, perform and interpret pertinent diagnostic tests.
• analyze data collected to determine health status.
• formulate a problem list.
• develop and implement with the client and family, a plan of care to promote, maintain, and restore health.
• evaluate the client's response to health care and provide effectiveness of the care with the individual and his/her family.
• modify and interpret the plan and intervention as needed.
• collaborates with other health care professionals in meeting individual needs and in providing client advocacy.
• refer clients and families to other health care professionals as appropriate.
• record all pertinent data about the client including the history and physical examination, problems identified, interventions provided, results of care and plans for follow-up or referral.
• coordinate the services required to meet individual and family needs for health care.
• identify and implement strategies to maximize the adult, women's, family or children's nurse practitioner role.

Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)

Upon completion of the MSN program, the CNS graduate will be able to:

• Exhibit knowledge and the ability to apply epidemiology, biometrics, environmental health, community structure and organizations, community development, management, program evaluation, policy development and case management to health issues.
• Assess and analyze the health of aggregates and communities.
• Develop priority lists in collaboration with the community and multidisciplinary groups that include political forces.
• Identify and develop multiple strategies to reach out to community residents and leaders to affect change.
• Provide leadership towards reaching goals of the community.
• Utilize research and theory application relevant to community health practice and policy development.
• Managing and empowering human resources wisely.
• Develop theory based evaluation methods and utilization of outcome management to promote the health of the community or aggregate.