ACUTE CARE ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE

The Acute Care Advanced Practice Nurse is prepared to assess and manage the full continuum of care services for the acutely and critically ill. The core knowledge provided in the specialty course work is based on the full spectrum of high acuity patient care needs. Upon completion of the Acute Care APN curriculum, the nurse is eligible for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification and/or Clinical Nurse Specialist through the American Nurses' Association.

The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:

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Acute Care Coordinator: Kathleen Higgins, RN, CCRN, CS, MSN, CRNP Kathleen.Higgins@jefferson.edu

ADULT ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE

The Adult APN acquires advanced knowledge for the roles of both clinical nurse specialists and adult nurse practitioners. The APN is prepared to manage the entire continuum of care for patients in a variety of health care settings.. Upon completion of the Adult Advanced Practice Nurse track, students are eligible for Adult Nurse Practitioner Certification and/or Clinical Nurse Specialist through the American Nurses' Association.

The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:

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Adult Health Coordinator: Dr. Mary Powell    Mary.Powell@jefferson.edu

COMMUNITY SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION (CSA)

The professional nurse with the CSA specialty will focus on prevention and primary care. A variety of emerging healthcare organizations are demanding visionary nursing leaders in administrative roles. The nurse will gain knowledge and skills necessary to plan, design, and evaluate healthcare programs in a variety of settings.

The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:

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CSA Newsletter 2006 (PDF)

CSA Program Coordinator: Dr. Molly Rose Molly.Rose@jefferson.edu

COMMUNITY SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION AND FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER (CSA FNP)

The professional CSA FNP Nurse integrates the knowledge and expertise needed to plan, implement and evaluate care for individuals, families, aggregates and communities. Community-based healthcare settings need advanced practice nursing leadership to direct and deliver care. The nurse develops additional care management knowledge as well as proficiency in management, design and implementation of community healthcare systems.

The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:

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FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER (FNP)

The professional nurse will be educated to deliver comprehensive primary care to clients from infancy to adulthood. The curriculum emphasis is on interdisciplinary collaboration and strategies for meeting patients' primary care needs through a family-centered approach to health promotion and illness intervention.

The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:

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Family NP Coordinator: Norma Mann, RN, APN-C; Norma.Mann@jefferson.edu

NEONATAL NURSE PRACTITIONER (NNP)

The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner program prepares graduates in the care of neonates and their mothers. NNPs practice in hospitals, neonatal intensive care units, labor and delivery, outpatient clinics and transport services providing and managing comprehensive health care to critically ill neonates and their families as well as collaboration with maternal child health care disciplines. Graduates of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner program are eligible for Neonatal Nurse practitioner certification through the National Certification.

The NNP program has a Neonatal Education Consortium Grand from the Federal Department of Health and human services. View additional information on the Neonatal Education Consortium grant via the links below.

Read the Nursing Spectrum Article "Save the Babies: Teach NNPs"

Neonatal Education Consortium Grant

The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:

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NNP Program Coordinator: Dr. Ksenia Zukowsky Ksenia.Zukowsky@jefferson.edu

NURSE ANESTHESIA (CRNA)

Jefferson 's Nurse Anesthesia program is designed to prepare nurses to provide anesthesia care to patients undergoing surgical and obstetrical procedures and to provide pain relief in a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals of all sizes, outpatient clinics and physicians' offices. Nurse anesthetists administer approximately 65% of all anesthetics given to patients each year in the United States.

Earn an MSN in Nurse Anesthesia in eight semesters (30 months) at Jefferson.

Students may begin the program in January of each year. Jefferson 's 74-credit curriculum is based on three cores: a nursing core that includes a research component, an anesthesia core and a clinical core.

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CRNA Program Director: Julia Feliciano MSN, CRNA

NURSING INFORMATICS (NI)

The Nursing Informatics Specialty prepares the professional nurse to address the clinical information and knowledge issues facing healthcare now and in the future. Specific foci include development and implementation of clinical information systems for data analysis, patient care management or education and provide clinical education, research and knowledge dissemination alternatives. The NI specialty prepares student to support the delivery of health care with a combination of computer science, information science, and nursing science. Nursing Informatics specialists have been extremely effective in collaborating with other health disciplines to better use information systems to analyze patient and clinical performance data and incorporate roles associated with education, project management, product design, consultancy, and performance of research and evaluation of health care outcomes. Graduates of the Nursing Informatics Specialty are eligible for Nursing Informatics Clinical Nurse Specialist certification through the American Nurses' Association.

The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:

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Nursing Informatics Program Coordinator: Elizabeth Elkind, MSN, MBA, RNC Elizabeth.Elkind@jefferson.edu

ONCOLOGY ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE

The Oncology APN gains expertise for management of the care of patient and their families s with cancer through the continuum of illness. Graduates are eligible for Adult Nurse Practitioner Certification through the American Nurses' Association and/or Oncology Nurse Certification through the Oncology Nursing Society.

The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum:

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Oncology Program Coordinator: Theresa P. Yeo, PhD, MPH, ACNP Theresa.Yeo@jefferson.edu

PEDIATRIC ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE

The purpose of the Pediatric APN specialty is to prepare graduates in the advanced care to children and their families. Pediatric advanced practice nurses provide care in clinical practice, school-based health, home health, public health, acute and long-term care settings. The Pediatric APN is prepared to manage the direct care of infants and children, and incorporate the various roles associated with advanced nursing practice in a variety of care settings. The Pediatric APN graduates are eligible for Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and/or Clinical Nurse Specialist certification through the American Nurses' Association and the National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses.

The following courses are in addition to the MSN Core Curriculum

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Pediatric Program Coordinator: Beth Ann Swan, PhD, CRNP)