Nursing, MSN

You will learn from a framework that integrates the humanities, public health, and physical and organizational sciences into nursing practice. As a nurse with a USF master’s education, you are prepared to lead and succeed in today's complex and dynamic health care system, while also keeping in mind the idea of cura personalis, or "care of the whole person". This particularly Jesuit approach to a nursing education ensures that you have a global perspective when making health care decisions.

Learning Resources & the San Francisco Advantage

Combining classroom learning and clinical practice, undergraduate and graduate programs at the School of Nursing and Health Professions utilize a hands-on approach to nursing education. Additionally, San Francisco’s booming economy and cultural resources provide our students with unique professional and personal opportunities in a collaborative and challenging environment. 

• USF’s state of the art Nursing Simulation Lab transforms the way nursing is taught by allowing students to learn from their mistakes and improves their on-the-job performance
• We partner with organizations and communities around the San Francisco Bay Area to improve the quality of health care and to provide our students with hands-on clinical experience
• Students in our graduate programs have the opportunity to gain clinical practice in more than 200 top healthcare organizations, including: Alameda County Health Systems, Alameda County Public Health Department, John Muir Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, La Clinica de la Raza, Stanford University Medical Center, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF Medical Center, and Veterans Affairs
• Students play an active role at the University and in the larger Bay Area community through student organizations that promote student engagement, support the unique needs of all students, help develop professional networks and support innovative programs, community partnerships that serve traditionally underserved and marginalized communities through excellence in research, clinical practice, and systems development
• USF boasts a healthy 14: 1 student-faculty ratio - allowing students to develop strong relationships with their teachers to receive guidance and mentorship towards their career goals

Accreditation

The baccalaureate, master’s, and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs and the post-graduate APRN certificate programs at the University of San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professions are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

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State Authorization

Please check our State Authorization Status List for the states and territories from which we can enroll students in specific online degree programs.