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Entry into Nursing Practice | Accelerated BSN | Direct-Entry Master's in Nursing
The Nursing Profession
Nurses are the largest group of health care professionals and the career outlook for nurses remains strong. Operating from a unique disciplinary perspective, nurses view each patient as a person in relation to their environment and the social, economic, and political forces shaping that environment. This sets nursing apart as both an art and science that views health as an evolving process tied not only to a patient’s body, mind, and spirit, but to the multidimensional relationships that define human connection and existence as well. A nurse’s charge, then, is to maximize the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of his or her patients’ health holistically, within the context of the infinitely complex environments in which we live.Accelerated BSN Overview
Recognizing the urgent need to build the nation’s pool of qualified nurses, the MGH Institute of Health Professions implemented a new baccalaureate degree program in May 2008 designed to quickly move graduates into the nursing workforce.
The 14-month Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) provides you with the knowledge and skill preparation that employers increasingly prefer for entry-level nurses. Designed for applicants who already possess a bachelor’s degree in another field, no prior nursing education or experience is required to apply to the Accelerated BSN.
Direct-Entry Master's Overview
As the first educational institution in Massachusetts, and one of the first in the nation, to develop a Master of Science in Nursing curriculum for individuals holding a bachelors degree in a field other than nursing, the MGH Institute has more than 20 years of experience in preparing students with no nursing background to become advanced practice nurses.
The direct-entry Master of Science in Nursing (MS) program consists of a three-year, graduate-level curriculum that commences with three semesters of generalist-level (pre-RN) courses, followed by three semesters of advanced-practice-level specialty coursework.
Addressing the full scope of advanced practice nursing, including the physical and social sciences, nursing research, public and community health, this program broadly prepares students to become competent, widely-skilled, reflective nurse-leaders, equipped to practice in a variety of settings.
As a student of this rigorous graduate nursing program, you will be immersed in the science-based theory and evidence-based practice of the premier minds, practitioners, and facilities in the nursing field. Charged with the pursuit of humanistic values, professionalism, and quality care, you will be cross-trained in the theories of etiology, pathophysiology, and therapeutic treatment, and become versed in the interplay of physical, psychological, and environmental factors as they affect human health.
Mentored by those defining the leading edge of today’s dynamic and growing nursing field, you will hone assessment, diagnostic reasoning, and decision making skills as a means for enhancing critical thinking. Benefiting from unparalleled access to premier health care facilities, you will develop your craft in collegial, non-competitive settings and practice it through clinical experiences in hospitals and community settings with real patients.
Through it all, you will come to understand the interrelationship of body-mind-spirit as it affects human health at the molecular, cellular, organ, and systems level. You will master ever-changing ways to promote, maintain, and restore health, while learning what it is to be an expert clinician, an educator, a consultant, a researcher, a leader, and an advocate – to become an advanced practice nurse.
Advanced Practice Nursing:
Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
If you are interested in preparing to become an advanced practice nurse, or are already an advanced practice nurse looking to expand your specialty training, the Nursing Program at MGH Institute can offer you the kind of access, opportunities, and contemporary clinical experience that can only be obtained through affiliation with a world-class academic health center.
Our program offers graduate-level preparation for students seeking careers in the advanced practice nursing roles of nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist.
Learn More and Apply
- View admission requirements and prerequisites for the Nursing program
- View application deadlines for the Nursing program
- Potential applicants are encouraged to attend a Graduate Information Session, which are scheduled throughout the year
To receive additional, detailed information about the Nursing Program, submit an online inquiry. You'll have the option to register for an upcoming information session at the same time.After you've reviewed the requested materials, if you still have program-specific questions related to applicability of certain prerequisite courses or the program's curriculum, please email the Graduate Program in Nursing.