Program Outcomes
Program Specific Competency Goals
Upon completion of the MSN requirements for Nursing Health Care Administration, Nursing Education, Adult–Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, and Family Nurse Practitioner, the graduate will be able to demonstrate:
- Demonstrate the ability to engage in effective and caring communication with diverse individuals and groups to educate, inform, collaborate, and reflect. (Communication)**
- Apply complex and evidence-based nursing knowledge and experience to analyze and evaluate strategies and outcomes in healthcare and educational settings to inform decision-making and/or problem-solving. (Critical Thinking)**
- Promote the nursing profession by recognizing and engaging in competent, accountable, ethical, and holistic practice; caring and collaborative relationships; respectful interactions with diverse individuals and groups; and quality- and safety-based decision-making. (Professionalism)**
- Utilize and evaluate healthcare information technology systems and processes for communication, decision-making, management, and interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance healthcare delivery. (Technology)**
- Demonstrate the awareness of the unique characteristics inherent in all individuals, by appreciating similarities and differences and advocating for caring holistic nursing approaches. (Diversity)**
**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 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 |
| MSN Students (All Options) | 100% | 85% | 96% |
Graduation Rates
| Graduation Rates | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 |
| Family Nurse Practitioner Primary Care | 65.52% | 72.5% | 61.5% |
| Family Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Certificate |
85.71% | 78.57% | 46.7% |
| Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner |
66.67% | 90% | 40% |
| Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate |
33.33% | 50% | No Students |
| Nursing Health Care Administration | 44.44% | 38.89% | 30% |
| Nursing Health Care Administration Certificate |
No Students | No Students | No Students |
| Nursing Education | 50% | 47.62% | 25% |
| Nursing Education Certificate | No Students | No Students | No Students |
Certification Rates
Family Nurse Practitioner
| ANCC | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 |
| First Time Board Pass Rate* | 100% | 88.89% | 100% |
| Overall Board Pass Rate | 100% | 88.89% | 100% |
| National Average Board Pass Rate | 81.65% | 83.36% | 86.48% |
Family Nurse Practitioner
| AANPCB** | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 |
| First Time Board Pass Rate* | 87% | 89% | 83% |
| Overall Board Pass Rate | 98% | 91% | 93% |
| Program Average | 598 | 580 | 583 |
| National Average | 564 | 560 | 582 |
Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate
| 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | |
| First Time Board Pass Rate* | 80% | 83% | 90% |
| Overall Board Pass Rate | 80% | 83% | 100% |
| Program Average | 548 | 534 | 616 |
| National Average | 564 | 560 | 582 |
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
| AANPCB** | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 |
| First Time Board Pass Rate* | 75% | 67% | 100% |
| Overall Board Pass Rate | 100% | 67% | 100% |
| Program Average | 551 | 588 | 645 |
| National Average | 548 | 563 | 567 |
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate
| AANPCB** | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 |
| First Time Board Pass Rate* | N/A | N/A | 67% |
| Overall Board Pass Rate | N/A | N/A | 100% |
| Program Average | N/A | N/A | 597 |
| National Average | N/A | 563 | 567 |
*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)