Master of Science in Nursing

The mission of Palm Beach Atlantic University School of Nursing is to prepare and equip graduates within a Christ-centered environment to serve God boldly in a life of service in the profession of nursing, incorporating intellectual, professional, and spiritual integrity.

As a Christ-first university, PBA prepares nursing students for lifelong learning and leadership. Our core values include servant leadership, a ministry of caring, a holistic approach, and professionalism. We are dedicated to excellence in everything we do.

MSN Program Goals

• Provide master’s nursing education that builds on prior nursing education and experience.
• Prepare graduates for advanced nursing practice – through competency-based education to promote clinical proficiency in their specialty concentration.
• Prepare graduates for evidence-based practice and continuation of scholarship for doctoral studies in nursing.

The School of Nursing (SON) offers the MSN based on national standards set forth in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (2021). The MSN program curriculum is mapped to the following Program Learning Outcomes to advance your career with a graduate degree in nursing:

1. Implement and evaluate theoretical and empirical knowledge from the natural and social sciences, Christian faith, and nursing as a source of clinical reasoning and decision-making to provide holistic care in advanced nursing practice specialties.
2. Promote advanced nursing practice specialty care that is person-centered, framed in Christian values, holistic, individualized, equitable, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based, and culturally sensitive.
3. Appraise population healthcare to address disparities and social determinants of health, through wellness promotion, and disease prevention and management, collaborating with community partners, healthcare systems, local government entities, and others for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes.
4. Synthesize and evaluate nursing knowledge through the application of evidence-based practice to improve quality of care and patient outcomes.
5. Implement principles of safety as core values of advanced nursing practice specialties to enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
6. Facilitate interprofessional communication and collaboration with care team members, patients, families, communities, and others to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and improve outcomes.
7. Apply organizational systems leadership principles within advanced nursing practice specialties to deliver cost-effective, safe, high-quality, and equitable care to diverse populations.
8. Implement and evaluate healthcare technologies to gather and interpret data, inform diagnostic reasoning, develop treatment plans and provide safe, high-quality and efficient healthcare in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards.
9. Demonstrate and foster professional identity that encompasses Christian values, moral courage, accountability, integrity, a collaborative disposition, and ethical comportment reflective of nursing’s characteristics and values.
10. 10. Implement strategies to equip others and foster personal health, resilience, and well-being, contributing to lifelong learning, and supporting the development of nursing expertise and assertion of leadership.

The PBA School of Nursing offers two entries into the MSN program – Dual Enrollment BSN/MSN, or post-BSN.  There are four tracks at either entry point:

PBA BSN students may be eligible to participate in the Dual Enrollment Entry, where they will take up to two 3-credit Graduate Level courses during their senior year, while completing the BSN.

The MSN program requires 37-47 credits over 4 semesters, depending upon the track.