Master's degree program outcomes are formulated on the clear assumption that graduate education builds upon undergraduate education. Graduate education is an intensive and analytic expansion of knowledge, enabling the perception and development of new and more complex relationships that affect nursing. Graduate education provides and ensures further opportunity for our students to think conceptually, to apply theory and research to practice, and to develop in-depth knowledge in a specialized area of advanced practice nursing. The MS program prepares graduates: * With role preparation as a clinical nurse leader, clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, CRNA, administrator, or informatician. * With expertise in a specialized area of nursing practice. * For leadership in nursing practice, professional organizations, health care agencies and policy-generating bodies. * For doctoral study.

Graduates of the MS program are prepared to: * Incorporate scientific inquiry and theoretical concepts into efforts to improve the care to individuals and communities * Lead evidence-based and interprofessional approaches for the design and delivery of comprehensive, culturally competent care to individuals/families, communities, and populations * Participate in the design, implementation, and evaluation of health care systems to foster safety and excellence in health care delivery * Engage in ethically sound, culturally sensitive, and evidenced-based practice to promote the health of individuals and communities * Commit to lifelong learning for self and promote lifelong learning to consumers * Practice advanced nursing roles (EXCEPT CNL) in collaborative relationships across disciplines and in partnership with communities (i.e. nursing education, nursing administration, nursing informatics, advanced clinical practice, and clinical nursing leadership)