The MSN program prepares students to evaluate and implement evidence-based practice in collaboration with other interdisciplinary teams to improve the health care system, in keeping with the standards for graduate education for advanced practice nursing delineated by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing in the Essentials of Master's Education for Advanced Practice Nurses. Master's-level nursing education is the appropriate level of education for nursing professionals who are seeking roles that require advanced practice skills in order to function as providers and organizers of the health care delivery process. Prepare to assume a health care leadership role with a Master of Science in Nursing degree from National University. The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree program is for registered nurses who possess a bachelor's or diploma/ associate degree in nursing. Candidates who are currently enrolling or recently graduated from the BSN program at National University also qualify.