Master of Science in Nursing Programs

Dynamic Education

Graduate students hone clinical skills using the high fidelity Georgetown University Simulator (GUS), located within the dynamic O'Neill Family Foundation Clinical Simulation Center.

The Department of Nursing is home to a nationally ranked graduate program with specialties in multiple areas.

This site describes dynamic learning opportunities on campus. To learn more about the department's innovative online learning options for graduate nursing, click here.

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/primary care providers and educators.

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 eligible to take the national certification exam in the respective specialty area of practice.

Programs include:

Adult Gerontology ACNP/Adult Gerontology CNS
Family Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Anesthesia
Nurse Educator
Nurse-Midwifery/Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
Post Master's Certificate Option

During their time at Georgetown, graduate nursing students have access to innovative classroom and clinical education; leading experiential learning facilities, including the O'Neill Family Foundation Clinical Simulation Center; and avenues for research and scholarship.

Please read the Web site to learn more about the department's various master's programs, as well as their mission, goals, values, and model.