The Graduate Nursing Program at Carlow prepares the student to perform generalized and specialized advanced practice and leadership roles in a variety of settings, both structured and unstructured. The primary focus of the program is on the use of advanced practice knowledge and skills in home health and community-based underserved areas. Settings may include local, regional, and national health care systems.
The program also serves as the basis for further graduate study and continued lifelong learning. Graduates will assume leadership positions in nursing and will add to the discipline of nursing through their practice and research.
Graduate Nursing Tracks
Throughout the graduate program, the master’s student will develop in the role of an advanced nursing professional.
The master’s graduate is expected to:
- Incorporate primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention efforts in the care of individuals, families, and communities.
- Demonstrate leadership and interdisciplinary skills in advocating for individuals, families, and communities to influence health care policy.
- Function as a member of an interdisciplinary team with organizations, populations, and professional communities.
- Modify approaches to health care delivery utilizing principles of continuous quality improvement.
- Integrate ethical, legal, and practice standards from professional and/or specialty organizations into the practice setting.
- Synthesize nursing, medical, and other relevant knowledge to engage in evidence-based practice.
- Assist others in professional growth.
- Analyze health care delivery and finance systems in order to design and implement cost containment and care coordinator strategies.
- Utilize technology and information systems in the advanced nursing role.
- Identify a researchable problem relevant to nursing and health care and participate in research activities designed to contribute to nursing practice.
- Develop a foundation for lifelong learning for doctoral study in nursing.
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