Which Nursing Degree Is Right for Me?
Nursing@Simmons offers two online degree programs with three distinct program tracks to enable nurses with a range of backgrounds and professional goals to advance their careers.
For a registered nurse (RN) with a nursing diploma or associate degree, we offer the RN to MSN – Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program. For an RN with a bachelor’s degree, we offer the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) – FNP program. For an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) with an MSN degree, we offer the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program
Which path is right for you?
I am an …
RN with an associate degree or nursing diploma
RN with a bachelor’s degree
APRN with an MSN degree
I want to:
I want to:
I want to:
- Gain greater confidence and capability as a nursing professionalInitiate and manage patient treatment plans
- Design and manage comprehensive, evidence-based plans of patient careImprove the lives of patients in my community through health promotion
- Ethically analyze systemic health care issues
- Educate patients and empower communities
- Initiate and manage patient treatment plans
- Diagnose illnesses and prescribe medications to patients
- Improve the lives of patients in my community through health promotion
- Be able to work in a variety of clinical settings, including hospitals and urgent care facilities
- Conduct evidence-based research and apply it to clinical practice
- Use informatics, data, and technology to implement change in health systems
- Design and apply policies that affect health care financing, safety, and practice regulations