Location:

Worcester, United States

Program Type:

Full Degree

Degree Level:

Master

Specialty:

Nursing

Program Overview

Program Description:

The Graduate School of Nursing offers masterÆs, post-masterÆs and doctoral degrees, providing high quality education to prepare registered professional and advanced practice nurses within nurse practitioner and nurse educator specialties. Subspecialty professional and clinical education is also offered in selected areas. The basis for study includes theoretical and scientific foundations of professional and advanced practice nursing, research process and design, societal forces that influence nursing, health systems, advanced pathophysiology, pharmacology, health assessment, clinical decision making, specialty content and clinical education. The doctoral program is a collaborative arrangement between the UniversityÆs Worcester and Amherst campuses that prepares nurse scientists for faculty, research and other nursing leadership positions.