Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
Meet your career goals with an MSN degree from Governors State University
The Department of Nursing offers an outstanding post-baccalaureate program that will prepare you for your.JPG "Fact Box: American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition requires Chief Nursing Officers and Directors of Nursing to have an MSN in Nursing, replacing a former reliance on administrators with MBAs and Health Administration degrees.")
future as a Clinical Specialist in Adult Health or as a Nurse Administrator.
Both tracks – Clinical Specialist and Nurse Administrator – will open doors and present the career flexibility you need to take your career where you want it to be.
We help you every step of the way
We know most of our students are working nurses. They have lives and careers that demand nearly all of their time. So we make our MSN programs flexible. We integrate online coursework into our curriculum. We offer full and part-time options. And we offer convenient scheduling.
We also match our students up with faculty mentors – experienced educators and nurses who help our students assess their career goals and take the right steps.
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Health
The Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Health track will give you a thorough understanding of Evidence-Based Practice. You’ll learn how to integrate research into real-world, real-time applications to improve the level of care your patients receive.
Our curriculum is comprehensive. It will prepare you for the full range of challenges that come with patient care – and more. Our curriculum will empower you to put your knowledge, experience, and education to use preparing the future of nursing. You’ll be ready to teach the next generation of nurses – in the community college classroom or as a leader in world of healthcare.
Nurse Administrator
The MSN concentration in Nursing Administration draws upon the expertise of the College’s Nursing and Health Administration Departments to provide superior preparation for nurses who want to manage the profession for the best and most efficient care of patients – and institutional resources.
The Nursing Administration Concentration combines a proven core curriculum in Nursing with a powerful specialty curriculum that covers all aspects of management, from marketing and negotiation strategies to informatics and outcomes management.