University of South Florida is located in North Tampa and offers a fully-accredited RN to MSN program that will lead to a Master of Science degree in nursing. This program is completed in two phases. In the first phase, you will complete all of the nursing bachelor degree course work and any missing prerequisites and general education courses. The second phase consists of all of the graduate course work. Students will participate in coursework via classroom lectures, lab and clinical settings, and online courses. Aside from the routine RN coursework, classes in the bridge program also include courses such as physical examination and assessment, leadership and education for transitions, clinical experience in health assessment and community and public health. It is possible to obtain a bachelor degree from this program with a little more coursework.
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Ave.
Tampa, FL 33620
813-974-2011
usf.edu
University of Central Florida is located in Orlando. This fully-accredited program allows you to choose a specific program based on the field of nursing you are interested in. Those programs include nursing leadership and management, family nurse practitioner, adult nurse practitioner, pediatric nurse practitioner, clinical nurse leader, nurse educator, and clinical nurse specialist. Each program requires a different amount of credits to graduate and classes vary in each program. However, you will start each program by taking bachelor-level courses and then you will advance to taking courses that will count as credit towards the master degree. This program also features bridge classes such as nursing research, dimensions of professional nursing practice, and public health nursing. Students that graduate from either RN/MSN program will receive a bachelor degree once bachelor coursework is completed, and a master degree when they complete the entire program.
University of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816
407-823-2000
ucf.edu
Located in Jacksonville, the University of North Florida's three-year, fully-accredited RN to MSN program leads to a career as a nurse practitioner and earns you a master degree in nursing. Graduates of the program also qualify to take the family nurse practitioner certification examinations and obtain license as an advanced registered nurse practitioner by the Florida Board of Nursing. Some of the classes in the program include nursing science, theoretical framework for practice, and pharmacotherapeutics. Like the other programs, you will first have to complete bachelor level coursework, and then move onto graduate level coursework as the program progresses.
University of North Florida
1200 Alumni Dr.
Jacksonville, FL 32224
904-620-4242
unf.edu