 If you’re ready to advance your nursing career and increase your earning potential, consider the UST Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program. With UST’s unique focus on holistic healing, you’ll learn how to engage with a patient’s body, mind, and spirit to care for the whole person. UST’s MSN program includes four concentrations: Nursing Education, Nursing Leadership, Nursing and Healthcare Simulation, and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
Tailored for working nurses, UST’s MSN program is flexible. With full-time and part-time degree plan options, you can complete the MSN in 2-3 years while still working a full-time job. Course work is online, with simulation labs being held at UST’s state of the art Center for Science and Health Professions. The Graduate Nursing Student Success Center offers mentorship and guidance specifically for nursing students on how to balance work and graduate coursework, and how to develop professionally. With UST’s state-of-the-art Center for Science and Health Professions and proximity to some of the nation’s leading hospitals and medical research organizations including the Texas Medical Center, you’ll have everything you need to succeed. | | | |
Carousel content with 1 slides. Graduate Nursing Success Center Graduate Success Center The Graduate Nursing Success Center is a home away from home for the nursing students at the University of St. Thomas. | |
PSON Administration & FacultyPSON Administration & Faculty | |
Claudine Dufrene, Ph.D, RN-BC, GNP-BC, CNE
Executive Dean, Associate Professor
Sr. Martina Casey Endowed Chair in Nursing Lucindra Campbell-Law, PhD, APRN, ANP, PMHNP-BC
Graduate Nursing Division Dean, Professor
Cullen Trust Endowed Chair for Health Care in Nursing
Program Director, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Michael E. Sullivan, DBe, HEC-C, FACHE, Associate Professor
Program Director/Chair-Graduate Studies
Program Director- Title V
Cameron School of Business
Program Director- Healthcare Administration(MHA) Vanessa Arline, MSN/Ed, RN, MSRN-BC, Assistant Professor
Cheryl-Lynn Carson, MSN, BScN, RN, Assistant Professor Lauren Delumpa, MSN, RN, FNP-C, Assistant Professor Sarah A. Hirsch, PhD, MSN, MBA, RN, Assistant Professor Connie Martinez, DNP,WHCNP,RNC, Assistant Professor Mayra Paredes, DNP, MSN-Ed, RN, Assistant Professor Katherine Simpson, DNP,MSN,APRN-C,CNRN,CVRN-II,LNC, Assistant Professor Mary Anne Vincent, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor Phyllis Waters, Ph.D., Professor, Carol and Odis Peavy Endowed Chair in Nursing Jillian Weber, PhD, RN, CNL Assistant Professor | |
A Lucrative Profession with Purpose  Most people enter the health professions with the drive to help people. What’s wonderful about nursing is that it also offers tremendous career opportunities. The UST MSN can empower you to be a
- Clinical leader
- Expert in Clinical Simulation
- Nurse Administrator
- Nurse Educator
No matter which area you choose, you have the potential to attain a level of financial and professional flexibility that those without graduate degrees often cannot. | | | |
Access  Campus is located in close proximity to some of the top medical facilities in the world. UST partners with many of these, so you’ll get to learn and work alongside industry leaders. Flexibility  With coursework primarily online, supplemented with lab work on the UST campus, you’ll have the flexibility to earn your MSN degree on your schedule while working full-time. Success Center  In UST’s dedicated Graduate Nursing Success Center, you’ll get guidance tailored to helping you succeed as a nursing grad student and in your nursing career.
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*Please note: This is an online program and international students cannot maintain or obtain F-1 student visa status or I-20 form through this program. | |
 University of St. Thomas is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate and doctorate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of University of St. Thomas.
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master's degree program in nursing, post-graduate APRN certificate program and Doctor of Nursing Practice program at the University of St. Thomas are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org). | | |
