Welcome to the Mississippi University for Women (and Smart Men, too)
Graduate Nursing Web-page!
 

Dear Potential Applicant:

            As a potential student I know that you have many questions concerning obtaining a Master’s Degree in Nursing. I hope the information provided here will be helpful in your decision about attending MUW. If you want to become a Family Nurse Practitioner you would be joining a cadre of nurse practitioner professionals. Many of the nurse practitioners in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, graduated from the “W”. MUW has had a nurse practitioner program since 1974, the first in Mississippi, graduating over 500 advanced practice nurses. Our pass rate on national certification the last 3 years has been a notable 100%.

The Graduate Nursing Program takes one calendar year to complete. It is a full time endeavor that is very concentrated. The faculty consists of all nurse practitioners who remain current by practicing one day a week. They all have varied backgrounds ranging from neonatal (NNP), pediatrics (PNP), family (FNP), and adult (ANP).

Basic information you need to make your decision:

• August to August – one year to complete your degree
• Clinical placement near or in your home town
• Excellent national board certification rate
• Accredited by Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) (consistently nationally and state accredited for entire history)
• Usually one day of classes on Mondays (there are a few exceptions)
• Internet access to faculty and cordless access in classroom
• Comfortable surroundings in state of the art classrooms
• Break room, lounge facilities for students

Faculty information:

·        Established office hours for all faculty

·        E-mail access to faculty with 24-48 hour return (except weekends) for answers

·        All faculty are nationally certified in specialties

·        All students will have a faculty advisor who can help guide them for entire year

·        Faculty are practice oriented but also are expert speakers, educators and authors in textbooks, and journals 

If the information provided here has created interest in attending MUW, please request additional information by calling (662) 329-7323, toll free (877) 462-8439 X 7323 or writing to:

            Department of Graduate Nursing
            1100 College Street MUW-910
            Columbus, MS 39701-5800

Hope to hear from you soon,
Dr. Patsy Smyth psmyth@muw.edu