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Are You Looking for Professional Advancement
through Formal Education? |
As an RN looking to
education as a means of educational mobility, you have a variety of
options. Full time or part time study is available and New Jersey has an
articulation model that facilitates educational mobility for LPNs to
become RNs and for RNs to earn a BSN. Please check out the
New Jersey
Revised Articulation Model for general requirements and the schools
found there for specifics.
Another option is to
attend a school that offers an advanced track from RN to MSN. Check with
the individual schools in the
New Jersey Revised Articulation Model
to see if they offer that option. It would allow you to take some courses
at the master’s level while you are working on your BSN. For example, it
is possible to take courses such as Nursing Theory or Nursing Research at
the graduate level, inside of at the undergraduate level, and the courses
would count for both undergraduate and graduate work. Generally speaking,
specialization in nursing occurs at the graduate level. If you know you
are interested in graduate education, check with the BSN schools to see
what they offer.
If you have a BSN, you
may want to think about graduate school. It is possible to earn a master’s
in nursing, which prepares you to sit for a certification examination to
become an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN). In New Jersey, an APN, either a
Nurse Practitioner or a Clinical Nurse Specialist, can work in
collaboration with a physician in a primary care or inpatient settings. An
APN is eligible for prescriptive privileges and prescribe medication with
the collaboration of her/his collaborating physician. Becoming a nursing
faculty, nursing administrator, or even earning a Ph.D. are other options
for the master’s in nursing prepared nurse.
If you have an
inquisitive nature and a bent for finding answers to clinical questions
through research, check out the two doctoral programs offered to RNs in
New Jersey. Rutgers College of Nursing offers a Ph.D. in nursing theory
and research. UMDNJ School of Nursing offers a Ph.D. in Urban Systems, a
joint program with Rutgers and NJIT. The doctoral programs provide even
greater career opportunities in research, education, or advanced clinical
practice. Check out this web site
www.njha.com/healthrecruitment/careerAdv.html
for additional career opportunities and requirements.
For a comprehensive
list of nationwide nursing graduate programs go to
Gradschools.com.
You will find nursing there under the Biomedical and Health category. The
New Jersey nursing graduate schools and their specialty programs are
listed below.
NEW
JERSEY NURSING GRADUATE SCHOOL INFORMATION
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SCHOOLS & CONTACTS |
SPECIALTY |
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College of New Jersey
P.O. Box 7718
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
609-771-2541
Fax: 609-637-5159
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Family Nurse
Practitioner
Post Masters Certificate in:
- Family Nurse
Practitioner
- School Nurse
Certificate
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Fairleigh Dickinson University
School of Nursing & Allied Health
1000 River Rd., Dickinson Hall
Teaneck, NJ 07666
201-692-2888
Fax: 201-692-2388 |
MSN:
- Adult Nurse
Practitioner, Educator or Administrator tracks
- Informatics
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Felician College
262 South Main St.
Lodi, NJ 07644
201-778-1190
Fax: 201-778-4111 |
MSN:
- Family Nurse
Practitioner
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Kean University
Union, NJ 07083
908-527-2138
Fax: 908-352-6427 |
MSN:
- Clinical
Management with a Transcultural Focus
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Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
732-571-3443
Fax: 732-263-5131 |
MSN and
Post-Masters Certificates in:
- Adult Nurse
Practitioner
- Family Nurse
Practitioner
- Nurse
Administrator
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Richard Stockton College of NJ
Jim Leeds Rd.
Pomona, NJ 08240
609-652-4250 |
MSN:
- Family Nurse
Practitioner
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Ramapo College of Theoretical and Applied Science
505 Ramapo Valley Rd.
Mahwah, NJ 07430-1680
201-684-7500/7734 |
MSN - Nursing
Education
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Rutgers, The State University of NJ
311 North 5th St.
Camden, NJ 08102
856-225-6226
Fax: 856-225-6541 |
MSN:
- Nurse
Practitioner
- Clinical
Nurse Specialist
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Rutgers, The State University of NJ
Ackerson Hall
180 University Ave.
Newark, NJ 07102
973-353-5293
Fax: 973-353-1277
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MS:
Nurse Practitioner & Clinical Nurse Specialist options in:
- Primary Care
of Adults & Aged
- Acute Care
of Adults & Aged
- Adv.
Practice in Pediatric Nursing
- Adv.
Practice with Childbearing Families
- Community
Health Nursing
- Family Nurse
Practitioner
Ph.D.
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Saint Peters College
2461 Kennedy Blvd.
Jersey City, NJ 07306
201-915-9412
Fax: 201-915-9062 |
MSN:
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Seton Hall University
400 South Orange Ave.
South Orange, NJ 07079-2693
973-761-9015
973-761-9306
Fax: 973-761-9607
Seton Hall University (Continued)
400 South Orange Ave.
South Orange, NJ 07079-2693
973-761-9015
973-761-9306
Fax: 973-761-9607
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MSN:
- Adv.
Practice in Primary Health Care
- Pediatric
Nurse Practitioner
- School Nurse
Practitioner
- Adult Nurse
Practitioner
-
Gerontological Nurse Practitioner
- Women's
Health Nurse Practitioner
-
Administration
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MA in Nursing Education
MSJ - Master's of Science in Jurisprudence
Certificates in:
-
Administration
- Case
Management
- School
Nursing
- ASPO/Lamaze
- Post-Masters
Nurse Practitioner
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University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
30 Bergen St., ADMC #1, Suite 111
Newark, NJ 07107-3000
973-972-4307
Fax: 973-972-3225 |
MSN:
- Adult Nurse
Practitioner
-
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Adult Nurse
Practitioner with clinical emphasis in Occupational Health
- Family
Health Nurse Practitioner
- Nursing
Informatics
- Nurse
Anesthesia
Ph.D.:
- Urban
Systems (joint program with Rutgers, NJIT)
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William Paterson University
300 Pompton Rd.
Wayne, NJ 07470
973-720-2286 |
MSN:
- Advanced
Practice
- Education
-
Administration
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