George Mason University is a public institution with multiple campuses in the Virginia/Washington D.C. area. George Mason University's college of nursing is located in Fairfax, Virginia, just minutes from Washington D.C. GMU's graduate nursing program is fully accredited and will lead to a master's degree in nursing with an emphasis in nurse practitioner. The nurse practitioner specialties GMU offers are in family, adult and gerontological. Each speciality is 42 to 48 credits and takes about one to two years to complete. Classes vary, depending upon area of specialization. Some of the required core master's-level classes include Seminar in the Ethics of Health Care, Advanced Health Assessment, Clinical Decision Making, Pharmacology, Projects in Nursing Research and Advanced Nursing Research Methods. This is also available as an accelerated program for licensed registered nurses. Graduates are eligible to take any national certification exams necessary to become licensed nurse practitioners.
George Mason University: Fairfax
4400 University Dr
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 993-1000
gmu.edu/
The University of Virginia is a public institution located in Charlottesville, Virginia. UV offers a fully-accredited MSN program that leads to a master's degree in nursing with an emphasis in acute care nursing. This is a 46-credit hour program and graduates will be eligible to take certification exams to become acute care nurse practitioners. Classes include theoretical foundations in nursing, acute and specialty care, immunocompetence in vulnerable populations, pharmacology, epidemiology in health care and advanced health assessment. This is a six-semester program that requires about two years of full-time study.
University of Virginia
2015 Ivy Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
434-924-3177
virginia.edu/
Marymount University is located in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington D.C. MU is a private Catholic university offering a fully-accredited master's degree program leading to a career as a family nurse practitioner. This 42-credit program qualifies graduates to take the certification examinations offered by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the American Nurses Credentialing Committee. Some of the classes include Theoretical and Ethical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice, Advanced Pharmacology, Health Care Data Analysis, Health Care Research and Primary Care of the Family. Generally, it takes about two years to complete this program. MU also offers a 30-credit post-master's certificate program that further prepares graduates to take the certification exam.
Marymount University
2807 North Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22207
800-548-7638
www.marymount.edu/