Academic Programs

Masters - Nurse Practitioner Pathway

Nurse Practitioner and Midwifery Educational Mobility Track

This track offers existing Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) the opportunity to obtain additional formal education within the Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing (OUCN). Certified NPs and CNMs will be able to obtain a Master of Science (MS) degree within the NP pathway in either the family (FNP) or pediatric (PNP) speciality, or Post-Masters (PM) certification as an FNP, thereby maintaining their focus in primary health care.

OUCN developed this mobility track based on the following factors

  1. State Boards of Nursing may move to require NP and CNM education at the masters degree level or higher for future credentialing.
  2. Reimbursement for NP/CNM services is beginning to require NP preparation to be at a masters degree level or higher for credentialing.
  3. NPs and CNMs are demanding articulation opportunities to expand their education while staying within the area of primary health care and the NP role.
  4. Both speciality and generalist NPs and CNMs will continue to seek different advanced practice nursing preparation throughout their career.
  5. NPs and CNMs, who are nationally certified in their area of speciality and have had at least one year of NP/CNM clinical practice within the previous three years , do not need to repeat like content in their supplemental NP preparation.
  6. Non-masters prepared NPs and CNMs are entitled to have access to masters level NP preparation.

Eligibility

  • Must be currently nationally certified as an NP or Nurse Midwife.
  • Must have at least one year of NP/CNM experience within the last three years.
  • Must be recogonized by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing as an ARNP or CNM.
  • Must meet the existing admission requirements to OUCN mobility options or the graduate college:
    1. Completion of a Baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution.
    2. Current Oklahoma licensure as a registered nurse.
    3. Completion of a research course.
    4. Completion of a graduate or undergraduate general statistics course which includes probability theory, inferential statistics and descriptive statistics.
    5. Enrollment in the graduate nursing student group professional liability insurance program.
    6. Submissions of three College of Nursing Graduate Program Recommendations for Admission (references).
    7. If requested by faculty, an interview

Educational Articulation Options to the Masters Program

OUCN can meet the advanced educational needs of a wide array of Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) through various articulation programs.

  1. NP/CNM, with Diploma or Associate degree nursing preparation, without a BSN can articulate to the MS in Nursing degree, to gain either FNP or PNP preparation. These students will be able to enter the graduate program through the career mobility track.
  2. NP/CNM without a BSN, but with a BS/BA in another field can articulate to the MS in nursing degre, to gain either FNP or PNP preparation. These students will be able to enter the graduate program through the non-nursing baccalaureate to MS in nursing track.
  3. NP/CNM with a BS can enter the grauate program to gain either FNP or PNP preparation.
  4. NP/CNM with a MS/MA in nursing can apply to the Post-masters FNP certificate program

Existing Educational Preparation and Desired Education for NPs/CNMs

The various configurations of NPs/CNMs in relation to the existing APN preparation and basic nursing preparation and the educational opportunity now available for additional advanced NP preparation within the NP Program at OUCN are as follows:.

Existing APN Preparation Nursing Preparation Desired NP Preparation
Certified - Prepared Speciality NP (OB/GYN/Women,
Pediatric, Adult, Gerontology, Family)		 without BSN to MS Family NP
Certified - Prepared Speciality NP (OB/GYN/Women,
Pediatric, Adult, Gerontology, Family)		 with BSN to MS Pediatric NP
Certified - Prepared Speciality NP (OB/GYN/Women,
Pediatric, Adult, Gerontology, Family)		 with BSN to MS Family NP
Certified - Prepared Speciality NP (OB/GYN/Women,
Pediatric, Adult, Gerontology, Family)		 with BSN to MS Pediatric NP
Certified - Prepared Speciality NP (OB/GYN/Women,
Pediatric, Adult, Gerontology, Family)		 with BSN, MS in Nursing to PM Family NP
Masters - Prepared Speciality NP (OB/GYN/Women,
Pediatric, Adult, Gerontology, Family)		 with BSN, MS in Nursing to PM Family NP
Certificate - Prepared CNM without BSN to MS Family NP
Certificate - Prepared CNM without BSN to MS Pediatric NP
Certificate - Prepared CNM with BSN to MS Family NP
Certificate - Prepared CNM with BSN to MS Pediatric NP
Certificate - Prepared CNM with BSN, MS in Nursing to PM Family NP
Certificate - Prepared CNM with BSN, MS in Nursing to PM Family NP
 
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