Mission, Goals, Objectives - Graduate
 Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies prepares
future leaders to respond to the growing complexity of health care
delivery at all levels.
Consistent with this objective, and the overall mission of Georgetown University to
provide student-centered, excellent professional education in the
Jesuit tradition, the School of Nursing & Health Studies has
based its baccalaureate and master's program curricula on terminal
objectives derived from its mission and core values.
Graduate Nursing Programs
The School of Nursing & Health Studies offers a graduate nursing
program of study leading to the degree Master of Science. The Master's
program prepares advanced practice nurses who meet the certification
requirements for respective specialized areas of nursing practice:
Nurse Anesthesia, Nursing Education, Nurse-Midwifery ,
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, and Critical
Care
Clinical
Nurse Specialist.
The School's mission of health and well being for all people and
its core values provide the framework for the program, which builds
on the undergraduate terminal objectives.
As advanced practice nurses, graduates are prepared to improve nursing
and health care through expert practice and the advancement of nursing
knowledge. The advanced practice curriculum emphasizes the development
of professional specialty roles as acute care or primary care providers.
The graduate core courses encompass interdisciplinary, nursing and
science requirements that provide content essential to all advanced
practice nurses.
The advanced nursing courses, which vary by specialty area, expand
and extend knowledge gained in the core, and provide an opportunity
for students to develop skill in evidence-based, holistic practice.
Following program completion, students are prepared to sit for national
certification exams.
The graduate program terminal objectives provide clear statements of expected
results. The terminal objectives, derived from the mission and core values
of the Georgetown University School of
Nursing & Health Studies, require that the graduate be able to:
1. Integrate advanced nursing knowledge, ethical principles and clinical excellence
in advanced practice nursing within an area of specialization.
2. Develop the role of the advanced practice nurse.
3. Use research skills and a scholarly approach to assist in the development
and validation of nursing science.
4. Integrate theoretical and scientific concepts that influence leadership
in advanced practice roles consistent with education, practice and research.
5. Participate in the process of health policy development for continued improvement
of health care systems.
6. Engage in lifelong learning, and the professional development of self and
others.
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