MSN Mission and Objectives
Mission:
The M.S. in Nursing at Frostburg State University provides a pathway to success for registered nurses in Western Maryland, the surrounding regions, and state-wide. This program provides student-centered learning experiences in a supportive community to prepare registered nurses to assume leadership positions, manage complex clinical care, and prepare graduates to assume responsibility and accountability for health promotion of citizens within the community and across the nation. Program graduates will develop competencies in higher levels of leadership and practice to effectively work with patients and/or students across the continuum of care in a variety of settings.
Vision:
The M.S. in Nursing at Frostburg State University aims to increase the number of nurses able to teach and lead in Western Maryland, the surrounding region, and statewide by preparing graduates with a broad knowledge and practical expertise that builds and expands upon baccalaureate or entry-level nursing practice. This degree program provides graduates with a broader understanding of the discipline of nursing in order to engage in higher-level practice and leadership in a variety of settings.
Program Goal:
The M.S. in Nursing at Frostburg State University aspires to prepare nurses for the complexities of health and nursing care in today’s contemporary, urban, and rural care environment with a broad understanding of the discipline of nursing in order to engage in higher level practice, leadership and teaching in a variety of settings.
Program Objectives:
Objectives parallel AACN’s The Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing (2011).
Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:
- Integrate critical thinking and creativity to provide higher levels of leadership and practice in nursing and healthcare systems;
- Synthesize the impact of relationships between organizational and systems leadership as it relates to the implementation of quality and safe patient care delivery;
- Apply evidence based methods, tools, performance measures, and standards that relate to the integration of quality principles within complex care settings;
- Execute the change agent role by translating and disseminating quality evidence to resolve practice issues and improve outcomes;
- Implement the use of communication and patient care technologies to coordinate the delivery of integrated care across inter-disciplinary healthcare teams;
- Advocate at the system level for policy transformation to improve health and health systems;
- Execute effective communication to collaborate and consult with inter-professional teams to manage and coordinator care;
- Integrate care across the continuum to provide patient-centered, culturally appropriate services to diverse populations through evidence-based planning, delivery, management, and evaluation, and
- Develop advanced nursing practice interventions that influence both direct and indirect care components to improve healthcare outcomes for individuals, populations, and systems