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AMaster of Science inNursing (MSN) is an advanced-levelpostgraduate degree forregistered nurses and is considered an entry-level degree fornurse educators andmanagers. The degree may also prepare a nurse to seek a career as a nurse administrator, health policy expert, orclinical nurse leader. The MSN may be used as a prerequisite fordoctorate-level nursing education and is the minimum degree required to become anadvanced practice registered nurse such as anurse practitioner,clinical nurse specialist,nurse anesthetist, ornurse midwife.
This graduate-level degree may focus on one or more of many different advancednursing specialties such asacute care, adult,family,gerontology,neonatology,pediatric,psychiatric, orwomen's health.
More recently, universities have begun to offer Master of Science pre-registration nursing courses, which cover the registration process and nurse training of the undergraduate course, but with master's-level academic components. This course was initially started at theUniversity of the West of Scotland in the UK and has since been included at other universities.
