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Nurses like you give it your all. You don’t work 9 to 5. You put your best foot forward day and night. You deserve an education that will help you make the best of your rounds.
Enroll in a quality program. Walden’s MSN program has been accredited by CCNE since 2006 and CCNE recently reaffirmed MSN’s accreditation term for the 10-year maximum.
Taught by experts, our NP specializations below focus on disciplines involved in providing patients with preventive and long-term healthcare.
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Nurse Practitioner Specializations
Tracks
Walden’s MSN program features three program tracks depending on your previous education, experience, and education goals. The courses and pace of the program will depend on the track chosen.
- BSN to MSN Track
- RN to MSN Track
- RN to BSN Accelerate Into Master’s (AIM)
To explore which track is best for you, connect with an enrollment specialist by completing the form on this page
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Why earn your MSN at Walden?
Recognized Excellence
Our MSN program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), a mark of quality in the industry.
Benefit From Walden’s Credibility
Walden partners with leading professional associations to prepare students for positive career outcomes.
Learn With Cutting-Edge Technology
Our MSN program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), a mark of quality in the industry.
**Walden's Believe & Achieve Scholarship™ is available for new students starting on February 6, 2023, and later. For a full list of eligible programs and details on award amounts and eligibility visit www.waldenu.edu/financial-aid/grants-and-scholarships-details. Tuition-free coursework must be applied to the final courses in the program of enrollment prior to graduation.
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Note on Certification
The MSN nurse practitioner specializations are designed to prepare graduates to qualify to sit for national nurse practitioner certification exams, which are required for practice as a nurse practitioner in most states. Because no graduate program can guarantee that graduates will be permitted to practice as a nurse practitioner upon graduation, we encourage students to consult the appropriate Board of Nursing or state agency to determine specific certification exam requirements. Walden enrollment specialists can provide information relating to national certification exams; however, it remains the individual’s responsibility to understand, evaluate, and comply with all requirements relating to national certification exams for the state in which he or she intends to practice as requirements vary widely. Walden makes no representations or guarantee that completion of Walden coursework or programs will permit an individual to obtain national certification. For more information about nurse practitioner certification exams, students should visit the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners at www.aanpcertification.org, the American Nurses Credentialing Center at www.nursecredentialing.org, or other nurse practitioner certification exam websites.
Note on Licensure, Authorization, Endorsement, or Other State Credential Necessary to Practice as a Nurse Practitioner
The MSN nurse practitioner specializations are designed to prepare graduates with an active registered nurse (RN) license to practice as nurse practitioners. However, each state Board of Nursing has its own academic and certification requirements and issues its own credential for an RN to be permitted to practice as a nurse practitioner in that state. Because no graduate program can guarantee that graduates will be permitted to practice as a nurse practitioner upon graduation, we encourage students to consult the appropriate Board of Nursing or state agency in the state in which he or she wishes to practice to determine specific requirements. Walden enrollment specialists can provide guidance relating to the state-by-state requirements for practice as a nurse practitioner; however, it remains the individual's responsibility to understand, evaluate, and comply with all requirements relating to the practice as a nurse practitioner in the state in which he or she intends to practice as requirements vary widely. Walden makes no representations or guarantee that completion of Walden coursework or programs will permit an individual to obtain state licensure, authorization, endorsement, or other state credential. For more information about the requirements to practice as a nurse practitioner, students should contact the appropriate Board of Nursing or state agency.
*Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) IPEDS database. Based on the most recent year of completions survey data available, using CIP code family 51.38 “Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research, and Clinical Nursing” for Master’s degrees (Award level 7). Available at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data (Retrieved January 2021; may consist of or include provisional release data).