Nursing@Georgetown prepares future leaders to respond to the growing complexity of health care delivery at all levels.
Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies provides student-centered professional education in the Jesuit tradition. Consistent with this objective, Nursing@Georgetown has based its Master’s program curricula on terminal objectives derived from this mission and core values.
Master of Science in Nursing
Nursing@Georgetown is designed to prepare advanced practice nurses with the knowledge and skills required to meet the certification for the following specialized areas of nursing practice:
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Nurse Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
- Nurse Educator
- Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner- coming soon
- Adult Acute & Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist- coming soon
The school’s mission, which is in part, “to improve the health and well-being of all people,” and its core values provide the framework for all programs. The school has developed a rich values-based nursing model that informs its academic activities.
As advanced practice nurses, graduates are prepared to improve nursing and health care through expert practice and the advancement of nursing knowledge. The advanced practice curriculum emphasizes the development of professional specialty roles as acute care or primary care providers. The graduate core courses encompass interdisciplinary, nursing and science requirements that provide content essential to all advanced practice nurses.
Advanced nursing courses, which vary by specialty area, expand and extend knowledge gained in the core and provide an opportunity for students to develop skills in evidence-based, holistic practice. Following program completion, students are prepared to sit for national certification exams.
As a graduate of Nursing@Georgetown you will be prepared to achieve the program terminal objectives listed below:
- Integrate advanced nursing knowledge, ethical principles and clinical excellence in advanced practice nursing within an area of specialization.
- Develop the role of the advanced practice nurse.
- Use research skills and a scholarly approach to assist in the development and validation of nursing science.
- Integrate theoretical and scientific concepts that influence leadership in advanced practice roles consistent with education, practice and research.
- Participate in the process of health policy development for continued improvement of health care systems.
- Engage in lifelong learning and the professional development of self and others.
