{"id":13922,"date":"2016-08-15T14:30:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T14:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/for\/?p=13922"},"modified":"2016-08-15T14:54:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T14:54:41","slug":"first-students-begin-master-of-science-in-nursing-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2016\/first-students-begin-master-of-science-in-nursing-program\/","title":{"rendered":"First students begin Master of Science in Nursing Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tusculum College first students began the new Master of Science in Nursing program in August.<\/p>\n<p>The family nurse practitioner program is a graduate level Master of Science degree program designed to address the need for more primary healthcare providers in the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn East Tennessee, there is a gap between the number of people who need healthcare and the number of healthcare providers,\u201d said Dr. Lois Ewen, dean of nursing, health sciences and human services. \u201cThe nurse practitioner program will help fill that gap in our community,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNurse practitioners provide primary care across the lifespan to people of all ages with simple to complex illnesses. We provide care for patients that have comorbidities. We have the same privileges that family physicians have, such as prescribing medications,\u201d said Dr. Ewen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things that is very special about this program, especially in this part of the country, is that we plan to develop an RN to MSN program, which will allow nurses with associate degrees to obtain their master\u2019s degree in six semesters,\u201d said Dr. Ewen.<\/p>\n<p>With this bridge component, Dr. Ewen hopes to serve more nurses in the area and serve the community with quality advanced practice nurses.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals with interest in attending the family nurse practitioner program should contact the nursing department at nursing@tusculum.edu or 423-636-7430 for more information.\u00a0 Tusculum College is now accepting applications for admission into the College.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13923\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-13923\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2016\/first-students-begin-master-of-science-in-nursing-program\/attachment\/firstmsnclass1web\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13923\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13923 \" title=\"firstMSNclass1web\" src=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/firstMSNclass1web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/firstMSNclass1web.jpg 626w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/firstMSNclass1web-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First class enrolled in the Master of Science in Nursing program.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_13923\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 636px;\"> <\/dl>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tusculum College first students began the new Master of Science in Nursing program in August.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2016\/first-students-begin-master-of-science-in-nursing-program\/\"> Read the full article&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,1,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First students begin Master of Science in Nursing Program :: Tusculum University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2016\/first-students-begin-master-of-science-in-nursing-program\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First students begin Master of Science in Nursing Program :: Tusculum University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Tusculum College first students began the new Master of Science in Nursing program in August. 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