“Zero to Hero”: Creating an Innovative Approach to Track Program Outcomes in Graduate Nursing

Abstract

In the fall of 2019, a new administrative team was appointed to the Graduate Nursing Program at a rural university in the Southeast United States (U.S.). The Graduate Nursing Programs included: (a) Master of Science in Population Health (MSN), (b) MSN in Population Health with a concentration in Nursing Education, (c) MSN in Population Health with a concentration in Emergency Management, (d) Post-Master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), and a (e) Bachelor-Doctor of Nursing Practice (BSN-DNP) Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) track, and a (f) Bachelor-Doctor of Nursing Practice (BSN-DNP) AdultGerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) track. The newly hired administrative team members included a Director of Online and Graduate Nursing Programs and Coordinators for both MSN and DNP programs.