This program is designed for California licensed Registered Nurses who are seeking expand on entry-level nursing practice through graduate MSN education in one of the required concentration areas.
The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) concentration prepares students to provide advanced level care in complex, acute, and critical settings for adult and geriatric patients. AGACNPs assess, diagnose, and treat patients by ordering and interpreting labs and diagnostic tests, perform procedures, coordinate care to manage acute, subacute, and complex patients, as well as those with chronic illness, and evaluate the outcomes of interventions for patients.
The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Adult-Gerontology concentration will prepare the student for direct interaction with adult and geriatric patients to improve living quality. Evidence-based strategies will be demonstrated as the student develops specialized expertise and skills to think critically and problem solve.
The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program prepares students through didactic education and clinical supervision, to provide comprehensive, quality primary health care to individuals across the lifespan. With an emphasis on preventative care, graduates make significant contributions to underserved populations.
The Healthcare Leadership (HCL) concentration will prepare students to examine roles in nursing administration emphasizing clinical outcomes management, care environment management, and inter-professional collaboration.
The Nurse Educator (NE) concentration will prepare students in curriculum design and development, teaching methodologies, educational needs assessment, and learner-centered theories and methods.
The Nursing Informatics (NI) concentration will prepare students to explore health information technology and allow students to design, plan, and evaluate systems to improve the effectiveness of care. The program prepares students to work in the field of healthcare informatics.
The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) is an advanced practice registered nurse who focuses clinical practice on individuals, families, or populations across the life span at risk for developing and/or having a diagnosis of psychiatric disorders or mental health problems. Graduates are prepared to work respectfully and collaboratively with clients/consumers who are experiencing severe or chronic mental illnesses to determine biopsychosocial healthcare needs within a complex and changing environment. Theory and clinical coursework focus on assessment, differential diagnosis and disease management, intervention planning, individual, family, and group psychotherapy, health promotion, and disease prevention.
All concentration areas have supervised experiences that are sufficient to demonstrate mastery of the AACN Master’s Essentials (2011).
Upon completion of the program, graduates are eligible to apply to the California Board of Registered Nursing for certification as a nurse practitioner and will be eligible to apply for national certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN).
