Program Outcomes
Program Specific Competency Goals
Upon completion of the MSN requirements for Nursing Health Care Administration, Nursing Education, Adult–Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner, the graduate will be able to demonstrate:
- Design educational strategies to improve culturally appropriate caring practices for clients, families, communities, and populations. (Diversity, Communication, Technology)**
- Synthesize complex knowledge of nursing to advocate for holistic client centered care for individuals, families, communities and populations. (Diversity, Critical Thinking)**
- Generate policies through teamwork and collaboration in the complex roles of educator, administrator or advanced clinician. (Diversity, Communication, Professionalism)**
- Construct health care strategies using evidence-based theoretical, scientific and contemporary knowledge. (Critical Thinking, Technology)**
- Demonstrate leadership skills to improve client health outcomes, facilitate change in health care systems and appraise ethical-legal dilemmas. (Diversity, Critical Thinking, Technology, Professionalism)**
- Create systems to promote safety and minimize risks of harm to clients and providers. (Communication)**
- Use information technology to interpret data, communicate and evaluate decision making. (Critical Thinking, Technology)**
- Advocate for professional behaviors that advance the profession and improve health care. (Communication, Professionalism)**
**Categories denoted in the parentheses represent relationship to Clarkson College’s student success skills, which are our institutional student learning outcomes, and include Communication, Technology, Critical Thinking, Diversity, and Professionalism
Performance Outcomes
Job Placement/Employment Rate
Employment rates taken from returned graduate surveys, employer surveys, and MSN graduates report to program individually.
Job Placement/Employment Rate | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 |
MSN Students (All Options) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Graduation Rates
Graduation Rates | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 |
Family Nurse Practitioner Primary Care | 73.42% | 70.97% | 65.52% |
Family Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Certificate |
83.33% | 0% | 85.71% |
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner |
16.67% | 54.55% | 66.67% |
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate |
100% | 69.23% | 33.33% |
Nursing Health Care Administration | 40% | 55.56% | 44.44% |
Nursing Health Care Administration Certificate |
No Students | No Students | No Students |
Nursing Education | 55.56% | 50% | 50% |
Nursing Education Certificate | No Students | No Students | No Students |
Certification Rates
Family Nurse Practitioner/Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
ANCC | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 |
First Time Board Pass Rate* | 81.1% | 100% | 100% |
Overall Board Pass Rate | 76.9% | 100% | 100% |
National Average Board Pass Rate | 74% | 74.81% | 81.65% |
Family Nurse Practitioner
AANPCB** | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 |
First Time Board Pass Rate* | 69% | 72% | 87% |
Overall Board Pass Rate | 87% | 85% | 98% |
Program Average | 556 | 552 | 598 |
National Average | 580 | 561 | 564 |
Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate
2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | |
First Time Board Pass Rate* | N/A | N/A | 80% |
Overall Board Pass Rate | N/A | N/A | 80% |
Program Average | N/A | N/A | 548 |
National Average | N/A | N/A | 564 |
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
AANPCB** | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 |
First Time Board Pass Rate* | N/A | N/A | 75% |
Overall Board Pass Rate | N/A | N/A | 100% |
Program Average | N/A | N/A | 551 |
National Average | N/A | N/A | 548 |
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate
AANPCB** | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 |
First Time Board Pass Rate* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Overall Board Pass Rate | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Program Average | N/A | N/A | N/A |
National Average | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Board Pass Rates calculated per calendar year
**AANPCB: Out of a total testing score of 800, the minimum score of 500 is needed to pass (www.ascerteon.com)