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WOMEN'S HEALTH PROGRAM INFORMATION
Are you ready to become a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner? The growing field of women's healthcare has opened up more opportunities for advanced practice nursing professionals. The University of Cincinnati's Master of Science in Nursing - Women's Health Nurse Practitioner program is designed for working nurses who want to expand their career options. By earning your Master of Science in Nursing through our distance learning program, you will have the potential to increase your salary and gain access to a growing number of job opportunities.
The Master of Science in Nursing - Women's Health Nurse Practitioner degree program gives you the education you need to enter this exciting, challenging and rapidly growing field of Advanced Practice Nursing. Through UC's ground-breaking College of Nursing, you will become a part of a leading-edge distance learning graduate program that includes nationally respected faculty solely dedicated to women's health nursing. The UC Women's Health Nurse Practitioner program also boasts a 100%, first-time pass rate on the National Certification Corporation (NCC)‡ certification examination for Women's Health Nurse Practitioner. As a University of Cincinnati student, you will experience a unique and powerful way to earn your degree that leverages the strengths of traditional programs with new online technologies and time-tested teaching philosophies.
Clinical rotations are integrated to provide you with a variety of experiences in your local community. During your first year in the program, only one term will include a clinical component. In the second year, clinicals are conducted each term.
WOMEN'S HEALTH NURSE PRACTIONER DEGREE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Those who complete the master's component of the graduate program will:
- Integrate theoretical perspectives from nursing science and related sciences as a framework for planning holistic care to enhance, modify or support the health patterns of client systems in various environmental contexts.
- Demonstrate competence in advanced nursing practice with focus on nursing interventions and evaluation of outcomes for defined client systems.
- Demonstrate critical thinking and effective communication skills for advanced nursing practice as part of a multidisciplinary team within various environmental contexts.
- Design programs for defined client systems in health promotion, maintenance, restoration and palliation within a framework of community-focused advanced nursing practice.
- Engage in scholarly inquiry to clarify and refine nursing practice.
- Demonstrate professional roles to make operational standards of care and to influence reasoned change in nursing practice.
- Participate in the political process to influence health and social policy.
- Analyze implications of legal, ethical and financial accountability from the perspective of advanced nursing practice and within various environmental contexts.
- Exhibit a commitment to excellence in nursing practice and to advancement of the discipline of nursing.
‡ National Certification Corporation, P.O. Box 11082, Chicago, IL 60611-0082 (312) 951-0207 www.nccnet.org
