Master of Science in Nursing at McNeese State University

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Nursing Degree Type: Program Length:

Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) 35-46 credit hours

What Can You Do With a Master's Degree in Nursing?

With curriculum consistent with the Intercollegiate Consortium for a Master?s in Science of Nursing (ICMSN), McNeese?s Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program features instruction by experienced faculty and hands-on training in a clinical setting while still being 100% online. Our program equips students with the skills and experience to practice evidence-based care and effectively serve distinct patient populations or pass their knowledge on to the next generation of nurses.

This degree offers the knowledge and training necessary for nurses to grow professionally, expand their expertise in the nursing field and successfully sit for post-graduation certification and licensure exams.

WHY MCNEESE? Here are just a few reasons to make McNeese your first choice ...

Experiential Learning: Graduate students in McNeese?s MSN program spend, depending on their concentration, between three and four semesters in preceptored clinical settings working with experienced nursing faculty, advance practice nurses and physicians in real-world settings.

Advanced Facilities: McNeese?s clinical simulation lab on campus includes medical mannequins, models, charts, assessment equipment and supplies and gives students the opportunity to practice procedures such as physical assessment in a clinical setting.

In addition, students can utilize an online software program that provides standardized patient scenarios to develop diagnostic and assessment skills.

Networking Opportunities: McNeese?s graduate nursing program is part of Louisiana?s Intercollegiate Consortium for a MSN, which enables MSN students access to networking opportunities with partner schools throughout Louisiana. Students have the opportunity to attend the South Louisiana Intercollegiate Nursing Research Day and the McNeese Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

Learn at Your Own Pace and From Your Own Home As a McNeese graduate nursing student, you will enjoy the flexibility of a fully online degree while you still receive the full support of the Department of Graduate Nursing?s faculty and staff and McNeese?s advanced facilities. For the past several years, our student certification rates for family nurse practitioners and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners has been 100% and the majority of our graduates have secured post certification and licensure employment prior to graduation.

Master of Science in Nursing Concentrations Family Nurse Practitioner Family nurse practitioners (FNPs) offer preventive health services, health education and disease management. FNPs often work with the same patients for many years, monitoring health and wellness, treating minor acute illnesses and managing chronic diseases.

Nursing Education Students in the nursing education concentration learn the leadership and communication skills needed to become an effective educator and mentor to the next generation of nursing students and instill in them a passion for lifelong learning.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners are advanced practice registered nurse specialists who assess and diagnose mental health issues and offer treatment by means of pharmacotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic interventions.

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Our family nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner programs have a passage rate

100% on licensure exams.

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