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Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, MSN (Online)
Degree
Master of Science in Nursing
Department
At a Glance
Learn to care for low- and high-risk newborns, infants, toddlers, and their families in diverse hospital and clinic settings. Through classes and clinical experiences, you can complete this 38-credit degree program in two academic years of full-time study, including two summers. This MSN NNP program is a partnership between TCNJ and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia; you’ll earn 23 credits from TCNJ and 15 from Thomas Jefferson.
Program Coordinator: Judy Harkins, gradnurse@tcnj.edu
Duration
- full time: 2 years
- part time: 2.5–3 years
Availability
- online
Practicum
- 672 hours
14
- courses
38
- credits
$1292.66
- per credit
Who Should Pursue This Program?
This program is a good fit if you’re an RN with a bachelor’s degree in nursing who plans to enter advanced practice as a nurse practitioner and focus on caring for some of the youngest and most vulnerable.
Engaged Faculty
Learn from nationally and internationally recognized faculty who are fully engaged with their students. Your professor knows your name and teaches all of your classes. You won’t find any TAs here.
Application Requirements
For your application to be considered complete, you must submit the online application as well as all supplemental documents.
Recommended Application Deadlines
We consider applications on a space-available basis. You can apply up to and including the first day of the semester.
Curriculum
RNs with a bachelor’s degree in nursing who wish to enter advanced practice as nurse practitioners may complete this MSN program in two academic years of full-time study plus two summers. Students earn 23 credits at TCNJ and 15 at Thomas Jefferson University.
The 43-credit master’s program consists of:
- NURS 501: Perspectives in Advanced Practice Nursing
- NURS 504: Advanced Human Pathophysiology
- NURS 506: Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice and Research
- NURS 603: Individual, Family, and Community Systems
- NURS 604: Research and Evidence-Based Nursing for Advanced Nursing Practice
- NURS 633: Advanced Holistic Health Assessment
- NURS 690: Practicum in the Nurse Practitioner Role
- NURS 694: Capstone Seminar
- NURS 705: Capstone Project in Nursing
Clinical Courses:
- NURS 662: Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision Making for NNP I
- NURS 663: Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision Making for NNP II
- NURS 664: Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision Making for NNP III
- NURS 665: Comprehensive Assessment for Clinical Decision Making of the Mother and Neonate
- NURS 667: Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics for Neonatal Nurse Practitioners
Code: NURS_MSN03
- NURS 501: Perspectives in Advanced Practice Nursing
- NURS 503: Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice
- NURS 504: Advanced Human Pathophysiology
- NURS 506: Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice and Research
- NURS 603: Individual, Family, and Community Systems
- NURS 604: Research and Evidence-Based Nursing for Advanced Nursing Practice
- NURS 633: Advanced Holistic Health Assessment
- NURS 636: Primary Care I
- NURS 637: Primary Care III
- NURS 638: Primary Care II
- NURS 643: Primary Care of the Childbearing Family
- NURS 690: Practicum in the Nurse Practitioner Role
- NURS 694: Capstone Seminar
- NURS 705: Capstone Project in Nursing
Tuition/Aid
We offer the same tuition rates no matter where you live. And there are a range of financial aid and assistantship options for TCNJ graduate students.
Accreditation
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing/master’s degree program in nursing at The College of New Jersey are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington DC 20001. 202-887-6791
