Currently the only track available in the Master's Program is the Family Nurse Practitioner.

Purpose

The faculty of Indiana University Northwest's Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program, family nurse practitioner (FNP) track understand the need and value of a culturally diverse workforce. Our faculty are committed to preparing registered nurses to become leaders in advanced nursing practice.  Our graduates are trained in advanced health care assessment, diagnostic techniques and treatment plans that address a wide range of health problems across the lifespan within diverse groups.  Graduates will expand their knowledge of health promotion, disease prevention, and health education with a specific focus on improving health equity and reducing health disparities. Our MSN- FNP graduates will improve regional health care delivery and overall health of people and communities of Northwest Indiana.

IU Northwest Master’s Degree in Nursing Program Outcomes

Graduates of the IU Northwest School of Nursing MSN program will:

1. Model excellence in nursing leadership to improve nursing practice within a complex healthcare system.
2. Perform advanced nursing practice within ethical/legal guidelines, professional policies and regulations, and standards of practice associated with a specialty area of practice.
3. Synthesize knowledge from nursing as well as biological, behavioral, social, administrative, educational, and communication sciences for application to a chosen domain of advanced practice nursing.
4. Demonstrate scholarly inquiry and reflection that exemplifies critical, creative, and systems thinking to advance the practice of nursing.
5. Frame problems, design interventions, specify outcomes and measure outcome achievement while balancing human, fiscal, and material resources to achieve quality health outcomes.
6. Use information technology and knowledge based resources to manage and transform data that informs clinical practice.
7. Systemically apply knowledge from research findings and best evidence to answer clinical questions, solve clinical problems and develop innovative nursing interventions and health policies for selected patient populations.
8. Demonstrate collaborative practice and interpret nursing science within an interdisciplinary context.
9. Articulate the effects of culture, diversity, values, and globalization in the design, delivery, and evaluation of health services.
10. Be prepared to engage in life-long learning activities that contribute to professional development as well as the advancement of nursing.