Not only is Vanderbilt School of Nursing creating more flexible ways to study and earn the MSN degree, we are also employing innovative approaches and offering widespread opportunities for experience in clinical practice. Hallmarks of our MSN program include:
-Multiple entry options – for nurses and for non-nurses
-MSN advanced practice specialties to suit varied professional interests
-Distributed course delivery, flexible formats and distance learning for many MSN advanced practice specialties
-Modern facilities in the newly renovated Godchaux Hall
-An extensive nurse faculty practice network
-State-of-the-art nursing informatics - Technology to Support Learning
-Dual degrees with Vanderbilt Divinity School (MSN/MTS-DIV
Are you ready to become a key player in today’s complex health care environment? Does a scholarly role that translates evidence-based knowledge into clinical practice and care delivery interest you? Vanderbilt’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program has been built upon our internationally recognized advanced practice nursing (APN) programs. With a Vanderbilt DNP degree, you will be prepared to critique nursing and other clinical scientific findings to design programs of care delivery that are locally acceptable, economically feasible and have significant impact on health care outcomes.
The Vanderbilt School of Nursing DNP experience offers:
-Entry with a BSN degree earning the MSN with a seamless transition into the DNP program (new for Fall 2011)
-Entry with an MSN for a 4-semesters full time (6 semesters part time), 74-credit hour program of study of which 39 hours may be transferred from your MSN degree.
-Learning built upon Vanderbilt’s 100-year history of leadership and excellence in nursing teaching, practice and research.
-Clinical integration tailored to each student’s scholarly interests, with clinical partners in health care agencies/organizations who support and facilitate the application of knowledge and skills from coursework to their clinical settings.
-Actively practicing faculty who will mentor you in an environment rich with evidence-based knowledge creation.
-An extensive faculty practice network that presents many different models of care.
-A combination of on-campus study and online/distance learning methodologies for both real-time and virtual scholarly interaction and faculty mentoring – so that DNP students do not have to relocate or give up employment.
-Modern facilities in the newly renovated Godchaux Hall and state-of-the-art nursing informatics, with technology to support learning and practice.
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