Graduates of the MSN FNP track are prepared to serve as primary care providers to individuals across the lifespan, including those with acute and chronic health concerns. The track requires a two-day face-to-face session in the first semester, where students will have the opportunity to master advanced assessment techniques on live standardized patients...
Graduates of the MSN FNP track are prepared to serve as primary care providers to individuals across the lifespan, including those with acute and chronic health concerns. The track requires a two-day face-to-face session in the first semester, where students will have the opportunity to master advanced assessment techniques on live standardized patients.
Candidates in the MSN FNP track are eligible, upon graduation, to test for the Family Nurse Practitioner National Board Certification through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) and seek licensure through the Arkansas State Board of Nursing. If you are a nurse interested in becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner, the online MSN-FNP track at HSU is a perfect fit.
Admission and Prerequisite Requirements
Henderson's graduate nursing program strives to provide an individualized, engaging educational experience for every student. To ensure this, seat availability is limited. All admissions are contingent upon seat availability in the applied for track. If applications outnumber available seats, applicants will ...
Admission and Prerequisite Requirements
Henderson's graduate nursing program strives to provide an individualized, engaging educational experience for every student. To ensure this, seat availability is limited. All admissions are contingent upon seat availability in the applied for track. If applications outnumber available seats, applicants will be ranked by GPA.
Priority will be given to students who have completed all prerequisites prior to the application deadlines and meet all admission requirements. However, we also encourage students to apply if they expect to have completed the prerequisites by the beginning of the fall semester. Acceptance is contingent upon completion of all admission requirements (Castle Branch, criminal background checks, etc.) and the successful completion of all prerequisites.
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Bachelor's Degree
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7
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RN License
- Unencumbered Registered Nurse license, may consider out of state RN license
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Experience
- Minimum of 2000 hours worked as an RN prior to admission into HSU Graduate Studies MSN program
- Submit the Work Verification Form
- Applications
Program Goals
- Prepare nurses who identify and use resources for nursing and healthcare in the community
- Prepare nurses to utilize holistic concepts of humanity, environment, and health in their practice
- Produce nurses who use research and theory to improve nursing and health care
- Provide a foundation for the doctoral-level study of nursing
Learning Outcomes
- Lead change to improve quality outcomes
- Advance a culture of excellence within nursing and health care systems
- Build and lead collaborative interprofessional care teams
- Design innovative nursing practices
- Translate evidence into practice
Courses
In order to earn your MSN FNP, you will complete 11 courses for a total of 45 credit hours.
- Online classes with practicum experiences in your region
- Total practicum hours: 540
- Two-day face-to-face session in the first semester
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NURS 50003: Public Health
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to introduce the student to public health care in advanced nursing practice. Graduate nursing core components addressed will include integrating nursing and related sciences to deliver advanced nursing practice to diverse population while combining current and emerging genomic evidence in providing care to individuals, families, and communities.
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NURS 52103: Advanced Nursing Concepts, Theory, and Research
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides translation of evidence using nursing concepts and theory of research. This course will require the graduate student to apply concepts and theories in nursing to research outcomes in practice settings, resolve practice problems, and disseminate results across health care teams and systems. This is a component of the graduate nursing core courses.
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NURS 51503: Advanced Nursing Leadership and Roles
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces leadership skills necessary for the ethical and critical decision making abilities of advanced nursing practice. The roles of advocate, leader, researcher, and policymaker are explored in relation to organization and systems based care. These skills will define graduate nursing by initiating and maintaining interdisciplinary relationships and communication, collaboration and civility within healthcare teams for coordination of care, delegation, negotiation and conflict resolution. This course is essential to the graduate nursing core.
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NURS 51703: Health Policy
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces strategies for the student to effectively collaborate with stakeholders to promote access to care and health outcomes locally and globally through technology, economics, policy and sociocultural components. This course is a component of the graduate nursing core.
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NURS 50803: Healthcare Economics and Systems
Credit Hours: 3
This course will introduce the graduate student to the complexities of healthcare reimbursement and regulation. This course will require the graduate student to determine if the outcomes of standards of practice, performance, and competence have been met and maintained. This course will introduce graduates to reducing barriers, facilitate access to care, and improve health outcomes within micro and macro-systems of healthcare. This is a component of the graduate nursing core courses.
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NURS 50903: Advanced Pathophysiology
Credit Hours: 3
This course expands the competencies of the graduate student enrolled in the MSN Family Nurse Practitioner program in advanced pathophysiology across the lifespan. This advanced pathophysiology course will have the student demonstrate greater depth and breadth of knowledge across the lifespan. This course is the third of the direct care core components which are essential to the advanced practice registered nurse role.
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NURS 53103: Advanced Physical Assessment
Credit Hours: 3
This course will build on the competencies of the student enrolled in the MSN Family Nurse Practitioner program in advanced health and physical assessment which includes assessment of all human systems, advanced assessment techniques, concepts and approaches. The advanced health and physical assessment will prepare graduates to implement safe, quality care through advanced nursing practice in both direct and indirect care components. This course is the first of the direct care core components which are essential to the advanced practice registered nurse role.
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NURS 51203: Advanced Nursing Pharmacology
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on advanced nursing pharmacology for the graduate student enrolled in the MSN Family Nurse Practitioner program. Emphasis will be placed on individuals, families, or groups experiencing illnesses or diseases that require pharmacotherapy interventions to improve health outcomes. This course is the second of the direct care core components which are essential to the advanced practice registered nurse role.
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NURS 51307: FNP Practicum I - Adult
Credit Hours: 7
This course provides an introduction to advanced nursing practice through experiential immersion in the care of the adult patient. Emphasis will be placed on functional area core competencies in population context: Family Nurse Practitioner. This course will prepare the graduate student for the role of Family Nurse Practitioner to assume responsibility and accountability for health promotion and/or maintenance as well as assessment, diagnosis and management of the adult patient problems, which indicates increased complexity of skills and interventions, and greater role of autonomy.
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NURS 51107: FNP Practicum II - Women's Health and Pediatrics
Credit Hours: 7
This course provides an introduction to advanced nursing practice through experiential immersion in the care for women’s health and pediatric patients. Emphasis will be placed on functional area core competencies in population context: Family Nurse Practitioner. This course will prepare the graduate student for the role of Family Nurse Practitioner to assume responsibility and accountability for health promotion and/or maintenance as well as assessment, diagnosis and management of problems within Women’s Health and Pediatrics, which indicates increased complexity of skills and interventions, and greater role of autonomy.
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NURS 51407: FNP Practicum III - Primary Care
Credit Hours: 7
This course will incorporate didactic and practice skills for advanced nursing practice for the graduate student including experiential immersion in primary care. Emphasis will be placed on functional area core competencies in population context: Family Nurse Practitioner. The graduate will be proficient in advanced practice nursing across the lifespan.
Certificate Option
Students pursuing their MSN FNP can also receive an online graduate certificate in Nursing Education by taking the following courses.
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NURS 55503: Nursing Education Theory
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides graduate students the knowledge necessary to mentor, coach, and instruct students and nurses. This course will introduce graduate nursing students to the theoretical aspects of teaching/learning. This course will also integrate depth of understanding of the nursing discipline, nursing practice, and enhanced pedagogical skills, including preparation in curriculum design and development, teaching methodologies, educational needs assessment, and learner-centered theories and methods.
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NURS 55703: Nursing Education Technology
Credit Hours: 3
This course builds on nursing education theory to provide the graduate student with the technological knowledge necessary to mentor, coach, and instruct students and nurses using online and classroom technologies. This course will introduce graduate nursing students to the technical aspects of teaching/learning. This course will also integrate a depth of understanding of the nursing discipline, nursing practice, and enhanced pedagogical skills, including preparation in curriculum design and development, teaching methodologies, educational needs assessment, and learner-centered theories and methods.
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NURS 51603: Nursing Education Theory Practicum
Credit Hours: 3
Hours of Instruction: Lecture 15 hours and Practicum 90 hours
This course provides an introduction to the theory of advanced nursing education. This practicum is a faculty-guided nursing education experiential immersion for applying and synthesizing the nurse educator role in academia or staff development in health care institutions. The graduate students will assess, design, implement, and evaluate a classroom or clinical instructional module under the direction of a selected nurse faculty educator. This course will provide an in-depth understanding of the nursing discipline, nursing practice, and the added pedagogical skills.
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NURS 51803: Nursing Education Technology Practicum
Credit Hours: 3
Hours of Instruction: Lecture 15 hours and Practicum 90 hours
This course builds on the nursing education technology course to provide the graduate student with the technological knowledge necessary to mentor, coach, and instruct students and nurses using online and classroom technologies. This course provides an experiential immersion that is faculty-guided for applying and synthesizing the nurse educator role in academia or staff development in health care institutions. The graduate students will assess, design, implement, and evaluate a classroom or clinical instructional module under the direction of a selected nurse faculty mentor. This course will provide an in-depth 88 understanding of the nursing discipline, nursing practice, and the added pedagogical skills.
Resources
Contacts
Dr. Allison Divine
Graduate Nursing Program Coordinator
870-230-6510
divinea@hsu.edu
Dr. Leah Wood
FNP Coordinator
870-230-5865
woodl@hsu.edu
The master's degree program in nursing at Henderson State University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (ccneaccreditation.org).