Graduate Nursing Programs
Have you have achieved all that you can with a BSN and now you want to accomplish more?
A graduate degree in nursing will prepare you to use the knowledge that you have gained through experience and your former education to build an expertise in a specific area of nursing.
Find out more about our specialty areas and program offerings by clicking on the links below. When you register in your first class you will receive a more detailed orientation to the program.
MSN Program Outcomes
- Demonstrate self-responsibility for continuous professional learning.
- Integrate theoretical models for improving healthcare outcomes for clients, families, and populations.
- Employ systematic inquiry and quality improvement strategies to enhance evidence based nursing practice and health care outcomes.
- Exhibit leadership excellence in systems to collaborate and communicate practice problems through interdisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrate clinical competence in Master's prepared nursing roles.
- Evaluate health care systems, policy, and finance to improve client care within the health care system.
- Implement safety and quality initiatives in health care to improve health outcomes and promote culturally responsive, timely, and equitable patient-centered care.
- Utilize Informatics to plan, examine, and enhance safety and quality processes in health care organizations.
Admission Criteria
Scholarships and Financial Aid
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Graduate Nursing Handbook
Master of Science in Nursing (Online Only):
Nursing Administration (NA) Plan of Study
Nursing Education (NE) Plan of Study
Requirements
- BSN from an accredited program (CCNE or ACEN)
- a current U.S. RN License
- minimum 3.00 cumulative BSN GPA
- 2 letters of reference
- a personal statement
- MSN Clinical Acknowledgement Form
The Department of Nursing does not accept MSN applications from the following states:
Alabama, Tennessee, and Utah.
All nursing courses/transcripts from outside the United States, require additional evaluation by the Commission of Graduates Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS). A course by course evaluation is required to confirm degree, course credit and grades including grade point average.
Clinical Clearance Requirements
The MSN Programs at FHSU requires preceptor led clinicals. The clinical practicum for MSN-NA Program is associated with NURS 876 and offered in the Spring semester. It consists of 90 practicum hours. The clinical practicum for MSN-NE Program is associated with NURS 867 in the Fall semester and NURS 869 in the Spring semester. It consists of 135 practicum hours. Please note that clinical clearance requirements include obtaining student liability insurance, a background check, drug testing and immunization records.
Fort Hays State University works diligently with students to secure clinical contracts across the United States. On rare occasions due to locations or state or facility requirements, we are unable to negotiate a contract. In this event, if another site cannot be obtained at the students location, a clinical site in Hays, Kansas will be provided for the student. If this occurs, students will need a Kansas license and will need to come to Kansas for their practicum experience. We encourage you to start the collaborative process of obtaining a preceptor early in your program. If you have questions about this process, please contact the Nursing Department at Nurs.Contracts@fhsu.edu.
The MSN programs are all online. These programs do not meet the requirements for International students who require on campus courses.
Accreditation
Fort Hays State University has received approval by the Kansas State Board of Nursing, the Kansas Board of Regents, and the Higher Learning Commission to offer the MSN program.
The Master's of Science in Nursing program at Fort Hays State University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, (202) 887-6791.