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DEGREES

Master of Science

Bachelor of Science in Nursing Major for traditional 4-year

Bachelor of Science in Nursing Major for second degree students

Manhattanville’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences’ offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Nursing for traditional 4-year and transfer students, an accelerated second degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing for students who already hold a Bachelor’s degree, and a Master of Science in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner.

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Master of Science in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner

The purpose of the program is to prepare students to: 

  1. Prepare Registered Professional Nurses to assume the role of Family Nurse Practitioner to deliver primary health care to families in a variety of settings.
  2. Receive a Master of Science (MS) in Nursing Major
  3. Be eligible for New York State Licensure as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
  4. Be eligible to pursue board certification and credentialing offered by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANPCP) or American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Why Choose a Career as a Family Nurse Practitioner?

  • Family nurse practitioners (FNPs) have a wide scope of practice, and can provide care to patients of any age.
  • Although it varies from state to state, FNPs can prescribe medications, order medical tests, and make medical diagnoses, which enables them to more directly and positively impact the lives of their patients.
  • FNPs can work in a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals, physician offices, and clinics.
  • According to American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), over 70% of Family Nurse Practitioners deliver primary care in the United States, making them the cornerstone of primary health care.
  • Although most family nurse practitioners provide much needed primary care, with additional training they can further specialize in a variety of areas including, but not limited to, wound care and hyperbaric medicine, cardiology, and neurology.
  • According to AANP Americans sought care from approximately 290,000 FNPs for more than one billion office visits in 2019.
  • New York State Education Law grants family nurse practitioners with more than 3,600 hours of qualifying FNP practice experience to provide care more autonomously, and without written collaborative agreement. This allows a nurse practitioner to branch out in other areas, such as owning and operating a private practice.
  • According to the 2019 Department of Labor statistics, the average annual salary for Nurse Practitioners was $109,820.
  • Department of Labor statistics reports that New York State hires the most NPs per year (14,060), with an annual median salary of $122,555.
  • According to the 2019 Department of Labor Statistics Overall employment of NPs in the U.S. is projected to grow 52% from 2019 to 2029, increasing more than the average of all other occupations.

Why Manhattanville College?

  • Located in a beautiful suburban area of Westchester County with over 90 acres of campus.
  • Manhattanville’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences (SNHS) has a modern curriculum that reflects an evolving healthcare delivery system.
  • The program’s master core courses are fully online.
  • Clinical Learning Laboratories, located right on campus, offer students realistic, hospital and outpatient like settings and situations, with state-of-the-art technology designed to transform education into experience.
  • The Library system has an expanded nursing electronic databases.
  • Practicum placements at premier healthcare facilities.
  • Interprofessional learning from experts in their fields.
  • Learning experiences that prepare students for national board certification exams.

 

For questions regarding the program, please contact Dr. Orhan Hakli, Associate Dean at orhan.hakli@mville.edu. 

For questions regarding the admissions process, please contact Jessica Cox, Program Specialist Counselor at jessica.cox@mville.edu.

The curricular elements of the program will be guided by the American Association of Colleges of Nurses (AACN) essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing which are as follows:

  1. Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities
  2. Organizational and Systems Leadership
  3. Quality Improvement and Safety
  4. Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice
  5. Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
  6. Health Policy and Advocacy
  7. Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
  8. Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health 
  9. Master’s Level Nursing Practice

 

Curriculum

 

The program outcomes are consistent with the Master’s Essentials (ME) which are as follows:

  1. Integrate advanced theoretical, research-based, scientific, and clinical knowledge into clinical practice to provide nursing care to diverse clients. (ME: I)
  2. Practice independently and collaboratively with an interprofessional team while delivering direct and indirect care services in various types of health care systems. (ME: II, VII, IX, X)
  3. Use research findings from nursing and other disciplines as a basis for clinical decision-making to improve practice and to formulate health policy. (ME IV, VI)
  4. Use ethical decision-making to promote the well-being of individuals, families, health care professionals in local, national, and international communities. (ME: VI)
  5. Utilize evidence-based practice recommendations and professional standards of care to promote wellness, prevent disease and improve the health status of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations. (ME: IV, VIII)
  6. Demonstrate communication skills, including health information management to enhance the quality of care provided at individual and aggregate levels. (ME: V)
  7. Demonstrate safe, effective assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation skills in caring for individuals and groups while working in interprofessional collaborative relationships.  (ME: III, IV, VII, IX)
  8. Provide culturally competent care to all persons regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, culture, health care beliefs, and religion. (ME: VII, VIII)
  9. Function as a leader and change agent in nursing and in health care delivery systems particularly to insure quality care for vulnerable and underserved populations. (ME: VII, VIII)
  10. Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for ongoing professional development (ME: IX)

Admission Requirements

  • No standardized admissions test (GRE or Miller Analogy) is required
  • Be a graduate of an accredited baccalaureate program in nursing
  • Be licensed as a registered nurse in New York State
  • Have an undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 
  • Evidence of successful completion of an undergraduate statistics course is required
  • Official transcripts from all educational institutions attended 
  • Professional resume and personal statement regarding your selection of the nursing specialization 
  • Three letters of recommendation from persons other than friends or family members (who can speak to one’s performance in an academic or professional setting)
  • Submit official transcripts from each academic institution previously attended
  • No prior RN experience is required to begin program
  • Evidence of professional nursing experience in direct patient care is required prior to enrollment in Practicum
     

For admissions questions, contact Jessica Cox, Program Specialist Counselor at jessica.cox@mville.edu.