Seton Hall University in Orange, New Jersey has an online MSN degree with a specialization in nurse practitioner. This program is for registered nurses who seek a balance between graduate education and family, career and personal responsibilities. Students are only required to attend three weekend residence visits on campus. Students have a choice between pediatric, adult and gerontological nurse practitioner specialties. Students will take courses that include nursing theory, health concepts of aging, forces in healthcare and nursing research.
Seton Hall University
400 South Orange Avenue
South Orange, NJ 07079
973-761-9000
shu.edu
Drexel University in Philadelphia offers an online program that leads students who are registered nurses to earn an MSN as an adult acute care nurse practitioner. This program was designed to prepare students for management of patients in medical, critical and surgical care. Students will complete most of the coursework online, but are required to be on campus one time in each quarter. Students will take an introduction to biostatistics, advanced ethical decision making in health care, confronting issues in contemporary health care environments and methods for health research.
Drexel University
3001 Market Street
Suite 18
Philadelphia, PA 19104
877-215-0009
drexel.edu
The University of Texas at Tyler offers an online MSN program with a nurse practitioner track option. This program prepares registered nurses for advanced practice roles in pediatric, acute care, family and geriatric health. All courses will be completed online aside from the clinical experience which will be held at the Tyler campus. Students will take contemporary healthcare ethics, advanced pathophysiology, advanced nursing pharmacotherapeutics and healthcare informatics. Students will also take specialty classes that are dependent upon their specialization between family, acute care, pediatric and geriatric.
The University of Texas at Tyler
3900 University Boulevard
Tyler, TX 75799
903-566-7320
uttyler.edu
Saint Joseph's College in Standish, Maine has an online Master of Science in Nursing degree with a concentration of family nurse practitioner. This program is designed to prepare registered nurses who have an undergraduate degree for a career in nursing as a family nurse practitioner. Students will be required to attend a clinical experience for two weeks in the summer at the Maine campus. Students will take graduate courses that include conceptual bases for nursing, nursing informatics, nursing leadership and methods and utilization for evidence based practice.
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
278 Whites Bridge Road
Standish, ME 04084
800-752-4723
sjcme.edu